1 April 2003 | Paul Gershlick
The Disability Rights Commission is launching an investigation into 1,000 random websites to see which are breaking the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. Making websites accessible to Britain's 8.5...
1 April 2003 | Paul Gershlick
The Government has begun an 18-month consultation process on two European Union Directives which it must bring into force in the UK. The Waste Electrical Electronic Equipment Directive sets out criteria...
1 April 2003 | Paul Gershlick
Alcatel, the French mobile telephone business, is building a product called Guardian Angel, which will allow parents to monitor the location of their children when they are out and about. It will send...
1 April 2003 | Paul Gershlick
Although the growth of malicious programmes slowed between July 2001 and December 2002, viruses now pose a more constant and longer-lasting threat than previously. That is according to The Virus Prevalence...
1 April 2003 | Paul Gershlick
Hutchison 3G UK Ltd has launched its third generation mobile telephone services. Hutchison's launch is the first use of 3G in the UK. The much awaited third generation mobile telephone services enable...
1 April 2003 | Paul Gershlick
The Government has launched a consultation on the implementation of the European Union's Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications. The draft Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive)...
1 April 2003 | Paul Gershlick
The High Court has rejected a claim by a contractor, Gordon Stutchbury, against a tax ruling from the Inland Revenue that brought him within their controversial IR35 tax law. The decision adds more uncertainty...
1 April 2003 | Paul Gershlick
Amazon.co.uk is facing a major public relations headache, if not major expense, as it has become the latest high profile business to have a pricing error on an e-tailing website. It offered to sell Hewlett...
1 March 2003 | Paul Gershlick
While the OFT flexes its muscles, the European Commission is imposing larger fines than ever on businesses that flout European competition law. The European competition law regime is very similar to...
1 March 2003 | Paul Gershlick
Hasbro was fined £5 million in November 2002 for imposing minimum prices on its distributors for sale of its products such as Monopoly. Now - as a result of its work with the Office of Fair Trading...
