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McKinnon family 'devastated' by Home Sec's latest knock-back

Options running out for 'suicidal' Pentagon hacker

27 Nov 11:22

Italian prosecutors seek jail time for Google execs

Mountain View in hot water over 'defamation' video

26 Nov 12:54

RIPA III: A legislative turkey comes home to roost

Comment The tragic consequences of anti-crypto law

25 Nov 11:19

Advertisers say new cookie law met by browser settings

Implied consent innit

25 Nov 10:49

Spain warned on filesharing cut-offs

Slow down there José

24 Nov 12:12

UK jails schizophrenic for refusal to decrypt files

Exclusive Terror squad arrest over model rocket

24 Nov 11:36

Oracle begs EC for more time

Commission extends deadline

20 Nov 16:03

Filesharing laws to hit websites and newsgroups too

Mandelson to 'future-proof' P2P restrictions

20 Nov 10:38

Database anonymity at risk, warns researcher

Prof Ohm resists data safety claims

20 Nov 10:35

NJ teen jailed over Scientology DDoS

Anonymess

19 Nov 16:11

GooHooSoft bear-hugs 'Apache for web specs'

Open source meets open standards

18 Nov 06:02

Appeal Court: Mod chips infringe game copyright after all

Even if it is only a little bit at a time

17 Nov 12:21

EC forms industry body to probe behavioural ad issues

Consumer commissioner fed up with web snooping chicanery

17 Nov 08:02

Religious discrimination law may open door for decent deviants

Pagans, vampires and libertines protected?

16 Nov 10:02

High Court: Online article with only four visits not libel

Claimants told where to go in no uncertain terms

16 Nov 08:02

Swiss roll Street View into court

Data protection supremo's patience runs out

13 Nov 12:13

Government consults on possible £500,000 data breach fines

Hanging, drawing and quartering not an option

12 Nov 10:34

Commentard to lose mask for teasing politico's son

Free speech cum libel suit

12 Nov 07:02

US Supremes prod software patent law

Speed dating and horse whispering

11 Nov 18:02

Police to keep innocents' DNA despite human rights ruling

Home Office's six-year plan

11 Nov 10:27

Libel reform campaigners seek £10k damages cap

Apology better than payout

11 Nov 10:24

Glenn Beck loses and wins domain name case

Handed site after doing satirist's work for him

10 Nov 16:19

UK.gov denies innocent will be hit by filesharing regime

Simon says

10 Nov 11:54

ICO investigates Play.com breach

Hear the roar of the regulator

10 Nov 11:12

Isle of Man plays catch-up on extreme porn law

Spare the birch, spoil the sexual deviant

9 Nov 10:02

Blind gamer sues Sony

Suit gets mixed reception

9 Nov 10:01

Sun's Facebook-slapping hits wrong target

Comment Paedo-threat coverage risks more restrictions for all

6 Nov 11:40

Don't panic over the secret copyright treaty

Opinion At least, not until we know what's in it

6 Nov 08:02

New EU rules force telcos to 'fess up for data breaches

Non-telcos can still lose data whenever they want

4 Nov 07:02

BetOnSports founder Kaplan jailed for four years

Racket rumbled

3 Nov 13:51

Norway warns Amazon against Kindle launch

Not here, and not like that

30 Oct 16:09

UK Supremes question vetting scheme

New rules for enhanced CRB checks

29 Oct 16:24

Data-losing companies may be forced to spill to public

European Commission mulls beef-up of law

28 Oct 08:02

Punked US Chamber sues faux press release pranksters

Misty water-colored memories...

27 Oct 20:50

Facebook close to ending snooping case

Class action suit brings home the Beacon

26 Oct 13:35

Judge shoots down challenge to Craigslist erotic services

Web 2.0 immunized

21 Oct 23:30

Wikileaks publishes BNP 'member list' (again)

Updated Haters' data

20 Oct 09:26

News archives can lose libel protection as stories change

High Court Flood warning to papers

20 Oct 08:52

Home sec puts McKinnon extradition on hold

Johnson punches clock

18 Oct 07:36

Judge rebukes copyright enforcer in ringtone case

Wireless carrier win

16 Oct 06:02

GPLv2 - copyright code or contract?

Open source legal minds unravel license

15 Oct 06:02

The Twitter storm that saved freedom of speech

Comment But not exactly, not really...

14 Oct 14:08

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