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IBA Health edges close to iSoft takeover

ASX-listed Aussie upstart IBA Health is a step closer today to closing the deal on its proposed takeover of beleaguered UK-based eHealth supplier iSoft, with IT behemoth CSC providing written consent for the deal to go ahead. Despite securing a key role with CSC in the UK's National Program for IT (NPfIT) in 2005, iSoft's fortunes took a turn for the worst in 2006, when a series of accounting discrepancies lead to an investigation from the UK's regulator the Financial Services Authority.

June 18, 2007 by Jeanne-Vida Douglas

U.K. considers opt-in cookie rule

LONDON--The British government’s Office of the Information Commissioner has pledged its support for opt-in cookies, despite a recent u-turn on such standards by the European Union. Electronic tags, known as cookies, can be used to track an individual's movements on the Internet for a number of years. The information commissioner is concerned that the unauthorized use of such intrusive technology could breach data protection principles within the U.K. "If organizations are going to put lots of computer code on a machine that tracks a person's movements online, individuals should be told about it," said Iain Bourne, strategic policy officer to the information commissioner. "This shouldn't be happening until they have agreed to it." --Wendy McAuliffe, ZDNet UK

January 17, 2002 by Wendy McAuliffe

E-signatures pave the way across Europe

Next month all EU countries will be legally obliged to recognize digital signatures as binding, as has been the case in the UK since last July. The EU move is designed to encourage the growth of global e-commerce and the use of e-security technologies

June 10, 2001 by Chris Lee

DVD encryption break is a good thing

The scheme to protect DVDs has been broken. There are now freewareprograms on the Net that remove the copy protection on DVDs, allowing themto be played, edited, and copied without restriction.

November 15, 1999 by Bruce Schneier

EU data guru: Privacy advocates not a problem

He says effective antiterror measures can't exist without data protection controls.

September 20, 2006 by Jo Best

No change to privacy status quo

Despite the activity and outrage surrounding e-privacy, experts don't expect the Web to change the way it does business anytime soon.

April 23, 1999 by Maria Seminerio

Britain to miss EU deadline

The European Union deadline for implementing the E-Commerce Directive is Jan. 17. The U.K.'s stance: It's "too important to rush."

January 11, 2002 by Wendy McAuliffe

Europe--the guardian of the Net

Even though it took Europe longer than the United States to dive into the Net, the EU leads the way in setting rules for the Web.

January 15, 2002 by Rachel Konrad

Congress fears European privacy standards

The European Union is moving forward with strict new protections for personal data on the Internet, but some on Capitol Hill fear the rules may grind e-commerce to a halt.

March 8, 2001 by Patrick Ross

EU privacy pact draws Microsoft support

The software potentate commits to an agreement that in effect holds U.S. companies to a higher data-sharing standard when doing business abroad.

May 16, 2001 by Stefanie Olsen