Political Monitor 24/02/2012

ISPA MEETINGS & EVENTS Upcoming meetings 29/02/2012, 11am-12pm: Broadband Subgroup call on Select Committee Inquiry into superfast broadband – PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CALL Liability Subgroup meeting The Liability Subgroup met...

Political Monitor 10/02/2012

ISPA MEETINGS & EVENTS   Upcoming meetings 13/02/2012, 4pm-5pm: Liability Subgroup call on the European Commission questionnaire on Notice & Action procedures. 23/02/2012, 10am-12pm: Liability Subgroup meeting on the Communications Bill Green Paper,...

Political Monitor 03/02/2012

PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT ISPS AND GOVERNMENT SHOULD ESTABLISH AN ONLINE MALWARE AND BOTNETS DATABASE The Science and Technology Select Committee published the conclusions of its inquiry into malware and cybercrime. The Committee’s key finding was that...

Political Monitor 27/01/2012

ISPA MEETINGS & EVENTS ISPA MEETS WITH JAMES BROKENSHIRE The ISPA Secretariat and Chair this week met with Home Office Minister James Brokenshire MP for an informal catch up.  At the meeting, which followed his keynote speech at last year’s ISPA conference, a...

Political Monitor 20/01/2012

ED RICHARD DELIVERS SPEECH ON BROADBAND  Ed Richards, Ofcom’s Chief Executive, attended the Total Telecom World Conference and gave a speech on the regulator’s approach for developing superfast broadband in the UK. During his speech he emphasised the importance of...

Political Monitor 13/01/2012

E-COMMERCE COMMUNICATION The European Commission’s e-Commerce Communication was published this week. The Communication sets out a couple of measures  including: Adopt a horizontal initiative on notice and action procedures (2012) Review of the Directive on copyright...