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NEWS
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1. ACCESS TO PUBLIC SECTOR INFORMATION
2
- SPAIN Spanish Registries services
on Internet 2
2. COMPETITION 2
- MEXICO Opening of satellite
market to foreign satellites 2
3. COMPUTER CRIME 2
- ARGENTINA Hackers subject to
criminal punishment 2
EU e-security proposal 2
EU Final draft for the cyber-crime
convention 3
4. CONSUMER PROTECTION 3
- US Constitutionality of law on
unsolicited e-mail upheld 3
5. DATA PROTECTION 3
- EU Standard clauses for data
protection 3
EU Traffic data retention 4
6. DIGITAL SIGNATURES 4
- Belgium Legislative framework for
e-signatures 4
GERMANY New Electronic Signatures
Act 4
LUXEMBOURG e-signature regulation
adopted 4
US SEC e-Sign interpretation 5
7. ELECTRONIC COMMERCE 5
- SOUTH AFRICA Online writing
requirements for insurance / policyholders 5
8. ELECTRONIC DEMOCRACY 5
- LUXEMBOURG Bill on Internet
voting 5
NEW ZEALAND e-government strategy 6
9. FINANCIAL SERVICES 6
- EU Proposed directive on
prospectuses 6
INDIA Issued Internet banking
guidelines 6
INTERNATIONAL Report on securities
activity via the Internet 7
LUXEMBOURG Bill on e-money
institutions 7
10. INFORMATION SOCIETY POLICY 7
- FRANCE Information Society
regulation 7
11. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 8
- AUSTRIA Supreme Court ruling on
meta-tags 8
EU New directive on IPR in the
Information Society 8
LEBANON New patent law enacted 8
UAE Trade law intellectual property
provisions 9
12. MARKET ACCESS 9
- CANADA National Broadband Task
Force Report 9
ITALY Implementation of the Carrier
Pre-selection Service 10
LUXEMBOURG Access to public
property 10
MEXICO Foreign investment
limitations 10
13. MEDIA 11
- EU Use of satellite dishes 11
14. TARIFFS 11
- MEXICO Agreement on settlement
rates 11
PORTUGAL ICP approves the unbundled
access offer 11
15. PROTECTION OF PRIVACY 11
- ITALY Privacy protection and
mobile subscribers phone book 11
US Privacy decision 12
16. TELECOMMUNICATIONS 12
- INDIA Chennai High Court stays
limited mobility 12
IRELAND Internet policy paper 12
ITALY Mobile number portability 13
MEXICO Satmex concerned by the
opening of the satellite market 13
SPAIN Mobile antennae: latest
developments 13
UK Consultation on the use of radio
spectrum 13
UK Office of Communications Bill 13
UK Service Providers' intercept
capacity 14
17. WEB SITES 14
- ARGENTINA Supreme Court of
Justice goes online 14
NORWAY "Tip a Friend"
function found to violate law 14
COMMENTARIES 15
- AUSTRIA The new concept of market
dominance in the proposed EU telecommunications framework
(part i) 15
INTERNATIONAL Work of international
bodies relating to financial services and the Internet 17
LUXEMBOURG Consumer protection in
electronic transactions 18
MALAYSIA Choosing a country's law
for financial benefit: reality or myth? 21
EDITOR / EDITORIAL BOARD 22
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