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An employee has been sentenced to six months in prison in the first prosecution to be brought by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) under legislation which carries a potential prison sentence.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Facebook £500,000 for serious breaches of data protection law.
In July, the ICO issued a Notice of Intent to fine Facebook as part of a wide ranging investigation into the use of data analytics for political purposes.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Everything DM Ltd (EDML), based in Stevenage, £60,000 for sending 1.42 million emails without consent. The investigation found that, between May 2016 and May 2017, the firm used its direct marketing system called ‘Touchpoint’ to send emails on behalf of its clients for a fee.
Facebook is suing BlackBerry for patent infringement related to voice-messaging technology, in the latest round of the legal battle between the two companies.
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) invalidated BlackBerry’s patent 8,745,149 Wednesday and the board has now invalidated another two of BlackBerry's patents related to smartphone technology.
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has invalidated BlackBerry’s patent 8,745,149, a patent for display of time information for a message in certain circumstances. According to the Board, the patent is already covered by other patents.
In a 28-page order, U.S. District Judge George Wu followed up on his ruling earlier this month and dismissed BlackBerry’s wilful infringement and indirect infringement allegations against both Facebook and Snap.
We reported Thursday how an Australian teenager pleaded guilty to hacking into Apple's servers after the company notified authorities of the intrusion. Apple has issued a press statement Friday confirming that no personal customer data was exposed or compromised in the incident.
The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Friday that police must get a warrant in order to obtain your phone’s location data over an extended period of time. The decision is a major victory for privacy advocates, who have long argued that the law has failed to keep pace with the amount of intrusive data we voluntarily hand over to private companies.
BlackBerry announced today that the eight nominees listed in the Company’s management information circular dated May 4, 2018 for the Company’s annual and special meeting of shareholders held on June 20, 2018, were elected as directors to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders of the Company or until their successors are elected or appointed.
Facebook and Snap both filed motions last week to have the patents behind BlackBerry's patent infringement suit invalidated and thrown out. Both companies motions seek to have their respective cases dismissed on the grounds the four patents cited by BlackBerry in its complaints were invalid for use in court.
Authorities in Russia have threatened to block Facebook as they attempt to extend their control of the Internet and shut down encrypted messaging service Telegram.
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Russia’s internet watchdog has blocked an estimated 16m IP addresses in a massive operation against the banned Telegram messaging app that could set a new precedent for Russian online censorship.
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A Russian court in Moscow court has banned the popular Telegram messaging app. The court ruling on Friday came after Telegram refused to give Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) encryption keys that would grant access to user messaging data.
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BlackBerry has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Snap Inc. SImilar to the companies lawsuit against Facebook last month, BlackBerry says that Snap has infringed on intellectual property, including innovations on real-time activity location for maps, message notification techniques and methods for integrating advertising on mobile devices.
Due to the fact that US Congress has now made clear that a U.S. search warrant covers emails stored overseas, the US Justice Department on Friday asked the Supreme Court to moot a case involving a data demand issued to Microsoft for a drug-trafficking suspect’s emails held in Ireland.
A US federal appeals court ruled Google violated copyright laws by using Oracle's software when developing its Android mobile platform. Judges for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled Google's unauthorized use of 37 packages of Oracle's open-source Java application programming interface, or API, was unfair as a matter of law.
Back in March of 2015, BlackBerry won the dismissal of a U.S. lawsuit accusing it of fraudulently inflating its stock price by painting a misleadingly upbeat picture of the prospects for its BlackBerry 10 smartphones. However, after the plaintiffs submitted an amended lawsuit, over statements related to blackberry 10, a US Judge has rejected BlackBerry's request to dismiss the amended lawsuit.
UK privacy regulators are seeking a warrant to search the offices of the political consultancy Cambridge Analytica, following reports that the company may have improperly gained access to data on 50 million Facebook users.
Donald Trump has blocked Broadcom's $142bn (£102m) takeover of US rival Qualcomm, killing the biggest technology deal ever under the assertion that it would be a threat to U.S. national security. In an order issued on Monday evening, the US president said there was "credible evidence" that led him to believe that, in buying Qualcomm, Broadcom "might take action that that threatens to impair the national security of the United States".
BlackBerry has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Facebook and its companies WhatsApp and Instagram for their use of instant messaging. The lawsuit alleges that Facebook "created mobile messaging applications that co-opt BlackBerry's innovations, using a number of the innovative security, user interface, and functionality enhancing features.
Google has been fined 1.36bn rupees (£15.2m; $21.2m) by India's Competition Commission of India (CCI) for abusing its dominance in the country. Based on findings of contraventions against Google, CCI imposed the penalty after taking into account its revenue from its India operations only.
Carphone Warehouse has been issued with one of the largest fines by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), after one of their computer systems was compromised as a result of a cyber-attack in 2015.
Three hackers have pleaded guilty to their role in developing, spreading and using Mirai malware botnet to conduct large-scale Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on some of the Internet’s most popular websites...
The International Chamber of Commerce's International Court of Arbitration has ruled against BlackBerry in a contract dispute with Nokia. The court found that BlackBerry failed to make payment under a patent license contract.
Uber has confirmed that the company concealed a hack in 2016 that affected 57 million customers and drivers, and paid hackers $100,000 (£75,000) to delete the data.
Back in August of 2016, BlackBerry filed two patent lawsuits in the United States against BLU Products. Both companies announced today they have entered into a patent license agreement.
As part of its digital transformation, Bank of America is turning to the Microsoft Cloud to help deliver new business efficiencies, support digital culture change and better meet customer needs.
Equifax is being sued by the city of San Francisco. City Attorney Dennis Herrera has filed a lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court for “failing to protect the personal data of more than 15 million Californians,”.
The Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC), Saudi Arabia’s telecommunications regulatory authority, has announced that Saudi Arabia will open up the country to online calling services, lifting a longtime ban.
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Three female ex Google employees have filed a lawsuit in the United States accusing the company of discriminating against women in pay and promotions.
BlackBerry and Timex Group announced today they have entered into a patent license agreement. The financial structure of the deal includes on-going royalty payments from Timex to BlackBerry.
VirnetX Holding Corporation today announced it has entered into a Patent Standstill Agreement with HTC. The deal was facilitated by VirnetX's licensing partner, IPVALUE Management Inc.
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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has signed a memorandum of understanding with the UK's Information Commissioner's Office to combat commercial electronic messages and unwanted telemarketing calls.
On July 29 Russian president Vladimir Putin formally signed a law prohibiting the use of virtual private networks (VPNs) and other internet proxy services. The law was published on July 30, and will be implemented from November 1.
MapR, provider of the Converged Data Platform that fully integrates analytics with operational processes in real time, and Talend, today announced they are working closely on a solution to help customers address requirements.
BlackBerry announced today that the eight nominees listed in the Company's management information circular dated May 5, 2017 for the Company's annual and special meeting of shareholders held on June 21, 2017, were elected..
BlackBerry announced today that it has reached an agreement with Qualcomm resolving all amounts payable in connection with the interim arbitration decision announced on April 12, 2017.
BlackBerry has been awarded $814.9m (around £652m) in an arbitration settlement with Qualcomm. That £652m sum, which will increase next month when legal fees and interest are added, was awarded to BlackBerry.
Payday loan firm Wonga are warning more than a a quarter of a million customers that personal data may have been stolen in a data breach at the firm. The online lender said it was “urgently investigating illegal and unauthorised access” to personal data of some of its customers in the UK and Poland.
Specialist Intellectual Property (IP) Law firm EIP today secured a significant decision on behalf of its client in a case of international relevance to the telecoms sector.
Apple has won a victory in its fight to prevent banks from introducing their own mobile payment services on Apple devices, as an Australian regulator barred lenders from bargaining collectively for access.
LG has filed complaints with the U.S. International Trade Commission and United States District Court for the District of Delaware against BLU for infringing five LG patents that have been declared as essential to the LTE standard.
Google and Microsoft have signed an agreement with the UK Government and the creative industries in a long-running battle over links to pirated films and music online.
We reported Thursday, how a class action suit against BlackBerry, seeking more than $20-million in damages, had been filed on behalf of more than 300 employees across Canada.
A class action against BlackBerry, seeking more than $20-million in damages, has been filed on behalf of more than 300 employees across Canada who allege they lost their severance entitlements.
A U.S. magistrate judge has decided that two patent infringement suits against BlackBerry should go forward.
Patent holder PanOptis Patent Management LLC had filed two separate complaints against the company in January.
In what could be perceived as a surprise move, BlackBerry launched an infringement suit against Nokia Corp. in a US court Tuesday for allegedly using 11 of BlackBerry's patents that describe proprietary technology.
BlackBerry asked a New York bankruptcy court Friday, to lift the stay on its patent suit against Avaya Inc., claiming that the company is continuing to sell the allegedly infringing products.
Nearly 100 US technology companies have filed a legal brief opposing President Trump’s ban on migration from seven Muslim-majority countries, arguing that it imposes significant burdens on the industry.
A US District Court jury has awarded half a billion dollars to ZeniMax after finding that Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey, and by extension Oculus, failed to comply with a non-disclosure agreement he signed.
BlackBerry has had a win at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), having nine domain names ownserships transferred to the company. All nine domains had been used to sell unauthorised BlackBerry products.
EE has been fined £2.7 million by Ofcom for overcharging tens of thousands of customers. The communications regulator found that the company twice broke a "fundamental billing rule"
On October 10, Samsung took the sensible decision to stop sales and shipments of Galaxy Note7 devices as part of their commitment to customer safety.
In the United States, Samsung says that more than 93 percent of all recalled Galaxy Note7 devices have been returned. However, that still leaves 7 percent of users still refraining from returning their Note7 devices.
Microsoft's President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith has today announced that the Microsoft-LinkedIn deal has been cleared by the European Commission.
Ofcom has announced that it is proceeding with a formal notification to require the legal separation of Openreach from BT, after BT failed to offer voluntary proposals that address our competition concerns.
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Alphabet, Google’s parent company, formally responded to the European Union's antritrust allegations on Friday over its Android operating system.
Germany has officially banned WhatsApp’s controversial data-sharing deal with Facebook. The company said in an update to its privacy policy that it will share phone numbers and details with Facebook to better deliver targeted ads.
The European Commission announced today that Europeans will be able to make calls, use data, and send texts without any additional roaming charges anywhere in the European Union once new rules come into force next June.
Investors of Good Technology Corp. are suing J. P. Morgan for breach of fiduciary duty. According to an amended lawsuit filed on Thursday in Delaware Chancery Court, shareholders of Good said J. P. Morgan was deeply conflicted.
The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), has released the following statement on today's ruling by the European Union that Apple must pay Ireland $14.5 billion in back taxes.
Yesterday, WhatsApp revealed plans to share the mobile numbers and last seen status of its users with parent company Facebook for ad-targeting and marketing purposes.
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A U.S. appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit accusing BlackBerry of fraudulently inflating its stock price by painting an upbeat picture of the prospects for its BlackBerry Z10 smartphone line that was misleading.
It would appear that BlackBerry are now on the patent offensive. After filing a patent suit against Avaya two weeks ago, BlackBerry has filed two patent lawsuits in the United States, this time against BLU Products.
In the United States, the The Second Amendment Foundation has slammed Apple for changing the handgun emoji in the upcoming iOS 10.
Apple will be replacing its hand gun emoji with a far less controversial bright green and orange water pistol in the next version of its operating system, iOS 10.
Blackberry has initiated litigation against Avaya in the Northern District of Texas. In a suit, filed on 27th July, Blackberry alleges that the Santa Clara-based company has infringed eight of its US patents.
BlackBerry announced Friday that a federal jury has ruled in favor of BlackBerry in a patent infringement case brought by Mobile Telecommunications LLC (MTel) in the U.S. District Court.
BlackBerry CEO John Chen said he has an internal project to bring Android security up to the level of its BlackBerry 10 platform, which should bear fruit after the release of Android N.
New EU rules on privacy and electronic communications are to be proposed by the European Commission in 2017. However, companies from Tech and Telecom industries are calling for the repeal of the e-Privacy regime.
Shareholder rights law firm Johnson & Weaver, LLP has launched an investigation into whether the board members of LinkedIn breached their fiduciary duties in connection with the proposed sale of the Company to Microsoft.
Microsoft and LinkedIn have announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire LinkedIn for $196 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at $26.2 billion, inclusive of LinkedIn’s net cash.
According to a CBC News investigation, a specialized BlackBerry unit - Public Safety Operations team - has for years helped intercept user data to help in hundreds of police investigations in dozens of countries.
The EU Commission has today blocked the proposed acquisition of O2 by Three's owner Hutchison under the EU Merger Regulation.
The LG G5 and V10 smartphones are now certified by the U.S. National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) for compliance in meeting international security standards in corporate environments.
A U.S. Federal Judge has granted the Federal Trade Commission's request for summary judgment in the agency’s lawsuit against Amazon for billing consumers for unauthorized in-app charges incurred by children.
The European Commission has informed Google of its preliminary view that the company has abused its dominant position by imposing restrictions on Android device manufacturers and mobile network operators.
The news that BlackBerry's global decryption key has been in the hands of the RCMP since 2010 raised it's ugly head last week, prompting BlackBerry CEO John Chen to (once again) take to the BlackBerry blog.
When Apple refused to unlock an iPhone for the FBI, it generated a huge amount of free positive advertising about how secure their devices were. However, the tech giant has now been left with egg on it's face.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has officially ended legal action against Apple in the month-long encryption feud between the the tech giant and the FBI.
A U.S. appeals court has overturned a $120 million jury verdict against Samsung saying Samsung did not infringe Apple's "quick links" patent.
Apple has issued a statement that the company will contest a U.S. court order to help FBI investigators access data on the phone belonging to San Bernardino gunman Syed Rizwan Farook.
Attorneys with the Dallas law firm Caldwell Cassady & Curry won a $625.6 million verdict today in favor of Nevada-based VirnetX Holding Corp. in a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple Inc.
BlackBerry today announced the general availability of BlackBerry's AtHoc networked crisis communication platform from BlackBerry's secure data center in Canada.
Yesterday, we reported how a Dutch law enforcement agency claims it can access PGP-encrypted BlackBerry data.
Ontario Superior Court of Justice allows Swisscanto to proceed to next step in BlackBerry litigation
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has granted leave and allowed Swisscanto to proceed to the next step of litigation against BlackBerry, certification of the class action.
On Monday this week, we reported how BlackBerry would not be shutting down services in Pakistan on December 30 but would allow the service to continue while negotiations with the Pakistan authorities were still ongoing.
BlackBerry will reportedly not be shutting down services in Pakistan on December 30 but will allow the service to continue while negotiations with the Pakistan authorities.
Microsoft has anounced today that Matter Center, an Office 365 add-in and SharePoint-based document collaboration solution for legal professionals, is now available in GitHub.
Shaw Communications has announced that it has agreed to acquire a 100% interest in Mid-Bowline Group Corp. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, WIND Mobile.
The debate about whether law enforcement should possess the ability to access encrypted communications has once again risen to the surface.
MobileIron and Good Technology today announced that they have settled all outstanding litigation between them. The settlement includes a narrow, non-material license agreement between Good and MobileIron and a mutual dismissal of claims.
Back in July of this year, we reported how In Pakistan, the Ministry of Interior in Pakistan had taken the decision to block BlackBerry’s secure Enterprise Services (BES).
BlackBerry chief operating officer Marty Beard told the FedTalks government information technology summit in the United States that BlackBerry smartphones have lawful interception capabilities for government surveillance purposes
Good Technology sued its former CEO and several venture capital investors Thursday in an attempt to thwart their efforts in seeking to block the $425 million acquisition by BlackBerry.
The European parliament has voted through new rules that will scrap mobile roaming charges and stop holidaymakers returning home to the nightmare of a massive phone bill.
Investors hit the board of directors of Good Technology Corp. with a shareholder class action in Delaware state court on Monday that seeks to block BlackBerry’s $425 million acquisition
Druva today announced Druva Mobile Forensics for Android, a new capability that automatically and transparently collects data from an organisation’s Android devices.
BlackBerry CEO John Chen said Thursday that he sees its massive patent portfolio as one of the key elements in its turnaround strategy as it pivots to focus more on its software and enterprise business.
In the U.S., a former wireless retail executive has been sentenced to five months in prison for selling confidential industry information to an analyst whose subsequent 2013 report on sales of BlackBerry's Z10 sent the company's stock price downward.
BlackBerry's downsized employee base in India is not a deliberate move to cut staff but a result of a global transformation drive, according to Steven E. Zipperstein, Chief Legal Officer, BlackBerry.
Seven leading Internet companies today announced formation of the Alliance for Open Media – an open-source project that will develop next-generation media formats, codecs and technologies.
In recent years insurance companies have experienced an epidemic in fraudulent motor insurance claims. A new technology launched this Autumn is all set to turn the tide and ultimately reduce driver premiums.
The U.S Patent Office has overturned an Apple design patent that a jury said Samsung infringed on leading to a huge monetary award.
Microsoft has won an appeals court ruling in the U.S. that may lower the rates many electronics makers pay to license technology considered standard in smartphones and computers.
Ofcom is today outlining options to make it easier for consumers to change their mobile phone provider. Consumers currently face different processes for switching mobile provider, depending on whether they wish to keep their existing mobile phone number.
In Pakistan, the Ministry of Interior on Friday took the decision to block BlackBerry's secure Enterprise Services (BES), issuing directives to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to implement the decision from 1st December 1, 2015.
CESG has updated the standards for the Certified Cyber Security Consultancy scheme. Removal of 3 service categories - Governance, Information Security Strategy, and Legal & Regulatory Environment.
Microsoft today announced that revenues for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 were $22.2 billion. Gross margin, operating loss, and loss per share for the quarter were $14.7 billion, $(2.1) billion, and $(0.40) per share, respectively.
The Communications and Electronics Security Group (CESG) has issued fresh security guidance to aid companies to safely deploy BlackBerry 10.3.
Microsoft has released their PhotoDNA technology, a free service that helps identify and remove online child sexual abuse photos.
Probendi, an Irish software development company, is suing Apple for its use of 'iWatch' as a Google AdWords term.
BlackBerry has rejected political moves to ban strong encryption, saying that it’s a short-sighted policy that would not serve companies or governments.
Kyocera and Microsoft have announced they have signed an agreement expanding on a prior patent licensing arrangement.
On July 1st, all calls made from mobiles to Freephone numbers (0800 and 0808) will at last be free in the UK.
This move from Ofcom is great news for consumers, but will have a financial and practical impact on any UK business that uses on Freephone numbers for inbound calls.
Earlier today, we reported how Ofcom has called for joint action between the regulator, industry and government to improve broadband services for smaller businesses.
Facebook is being taken to court by the Belgian privacy commissioner is taking Facebook to court over claims it tracks people across the web.
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