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Court of Appeal orders men to disclose encryption keys
Two men have been told that they cannot rely on their right to silence to refuse to give British police a computer password.
16/10/2008
House prize draw postponed as Gambling Commission investigates
The family behind a high profile scheme to sell a house via 46,000 tickets costing £25 each has postponed tomorrow's planned draw for the winning ticket. The scheme is being probed by gambling regulator The Gambling Commission.
15/10/2008
Commission admits failure and redrafts e-money rules
The European Commission has admitted that its rules on e-money have stifled the market for virtual currencies over the past eight years and has proposed a revised set of regulations that it hopes will stimulate demand.
15/10/2008
German court says IP addresses in server logs are not personal data
A German court has ruled that website operators are allowed to store the internet protocol (IP) addresses of their visitors without violating data protection legislation. Without additional information, IP addresses do not count as personal data, it said.
14/10/2008
Wireless hack raises Data Protection Act compliance risk
Companies' wireless networks are less secure than previously believed because of software made in Russia that reportedly speeds up network hacking by 10,000%. Companies may no longer be able to rely on standard security, experts have said.
13/10/2008
Database right prevents more than just cut 'n' paste copying, rules ECJ
A judgment by Europe’s highest court has strengthened the rights of database creators to protect their work from being used by third parties without permission. The database right protects against more than just copying and pasting, it ruled.
10/10/2008
OUT-LAW Radio: Wi-Fi file-sharing guilt must be proved
16/10/2008: We talk to the Danish lawyer who won a key ruling against the music industry from a court which said record companies have to prove that Wi-Fi users shared files
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