Tagged: Legislation & News
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Sound, vision and fury News
12.04.2012 Ongoing debates about digital media, copyright reform, piracy and internet freedom are just ‘raindrops’ in a much bigger flood that is about to hit the internet.Tags: Copyright, ACTA, SOPA, Innovation, Piracy, Legislation, ISP, Illegal Downloads, Copyright Infringement -
France to crackdown on hate websites News
22.03.2012 The French government will act to punish anyone who "goes online to express sympathy for terrorists", French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said, after a standoff in Toulouse... -
Ireland’s SOPA: could a new Copyright Act be the way forward? News
30.01.2012 Primary legislation, potentially in the shape of a new Copyright Act or an amendment to the existing legislation, is being examined as a way to ensure Ireland is at the...Categories: Government, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Communications, Intellectual Property, Internet, Legal -
SOPA: Obama admin wants to protect internet’s architecture News
16.01.2012 The Obama administration has weighed in on the side of protecting the internet’s openness and architecture in the controversial debate around the Stop Online Piracy Act. At the... -
Intellectual property rights rules to change in Europe News
24.05.2011 The European Commission is to revamp the legal framework in which intellectual property rights (IPR) operate with the aim of promoting creativity and innovation. -
OPINION: A breach too far News
28.03.2011 A tougher regime around disclosing loss of personal information may be what’s needed for organisations to start taking their data protection responsibilities seriously, writes...Categories: CIO, Data Management, Internet, IT Management, Legal, Mobility, Risk Management, Security, Web -
Court upholds GM legislation on crop separation News
25.11.2010 The law dictating that a protective zone between genetically modified (GM) crops and standard farmland has been upheld in a German court recently, saying the GM technology posed... -
Changes to your contract of employment News
22.09.2010 Changes to your contract of employment in Ireland can occur due to a change in the law, but otherwise, changes must be agreed between your employer and yourself. -
Don’t forget about Rental Income … News
22.09.2010 Tax is charged in respect of any rents received from the letting of any property within the State. -
German legislation to protect social networking employees News
27.08.2010 As part of a draft for workplace privacy legislation in Germany there is proposal to include protection for job seekers on social networking sites such as Facebook. -
New report to outline green infrastructure for developers News
20.08.2010 Property developers and planners will benefit from a new report to be published by Comhar Sustainable Development Council (SDC) next Tuesday, with areas of natural drainage and...Categories: Green, Government -
Ireland overhauls patent rules News
31.07.2009 Ireland has overhauled its patenting rules to make patent applications more user-friendly and the awarding of patents more in line with US and European standards.Categories: R&D -
Miss and tell News
30.05.2008 As more data security breaches come to light, calls are growing for new laws making it compulsory for companies to declare when they lose confidential information. But will...Categories: CIO -
New rules to drive BPM and doc management adoption News
19.03.2004 Forthcoming EU financial legislation that mirrors similar US legislation on auditing rules for corporations to ensure that shareholders can rely on the accuracy of audited...Categories: Business, Government -
FG suggests changes in law to tackle internet grooming News
13.02.2004 Fine Gael has proposed changes to Irish legislation in order to tackle the ‘internet grooming’ of children, and to address what it considers to be loopholes in the current...Categories: CIO -
Early adopters of data protection laws to benefit News
14.01.2004 Businesses that comply with the recently amended Irish data protection laws can use this as a marketing tool and benefit from increased consumer confidence. That’s the view of...Categories: CIO -
US anti-spam law not working, survey finds News
09.01.2004 The latest attempt by the US Government to control the onset of spam with stringent legislation appears to be failing, a new survey has suggested. The findings of MX Logic, a... -
Microsoft to sue spammers News
19.12.2003 Microsoft said yesterday that it would be filing lawsuits against US email marketing companies that it alleges are responsible for much of the unsolicited commercial email or...Categories: CIO -
Justice still prevails online News
06.10.2003 Legal safeguards aimed at preventing the spread of defamatory material over the internet are already in place, but the issue is currently in the spotlight as never before. Over... -
Ahern publishes draft data protection regulations News
30.07.2003 Communications Minister Dermot Ahern TD has initiated a public consultation on draft regulations to enhance the privacy protection afforded to internet and email users, as...Categories: CIO, Government