The EC released a draft directive on electronic commerce yesterday which aims to set up a single market for online services. The draft proposes to define the location of online services by their office space - rather than their server or Web site.
The draft ecommerce directive now obliges ISPs to block all illegal content, at their own expense. The European Commission's DGXV, which handles copyright issues, first included ISP liability in the draft directive in an attempt to clarify a...
And there wasn't much wrong with the original draft of the Information Commissioner's Office Code of Practice. Perhaps most importantly, staff should be told in advance of what is allowed and what is off-limits, and in what circumstances monitoring...
Member states are given a fair amount of discretion as to the exact terms of the legislation and in the UK we do not yet have a draft of the regulations - it's expected in early 2005. There are practical and sensible measures to adopt in advance of...
Later in November, an Austrian politician warned the Austrian Minister of Commerce and Industry that the draft directive on software patents could cause 'lasting damage' to small and medium-sized IT companies.
This approach requires lenders to stress-test their mortgage portfolios against certain economic, financial and business plan events and even takes into account human and behavioural shifts. Ultimately, the only way that an organisation can protect...
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