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UK government tightening telco security laws
2020-11-24 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
The UK government is set to pass a new law aiming to increase the cybersecurity standards of the country’s telecoms networks. The law will give the government “unprecedented new powers to boost security standards”, as well as to order the removal of high-risk vendors. The new law will lay out a much stricter framework for both 5G and fibre, with major fines of up to 10% of turnover or up to £…read more on TotalTele.com »
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Bangladesh to reform labour laws to retain trade benefits
2020-10-28 13:25:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The government of Bangladesh has kickstarted a process to amend its labour law to enable it to continue to benefit from the European Union's Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) trade scheme.
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EU court rules against telecom data retention laws in UK, France, Belgium
2020-10-06 13:43:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) The EU Court of Justice has again struck down national laws requiring mass data collection and retention by telecom operators for law enforcement purposes. Ruling on cases brought in the UK, France and Belgium, the court said the EU's ePrivacy directive prohibits the indiscriminate retention of massive amounts of personal communications data, even in the name of national security or prevention.
EU again condemns national laws on mass data retention in UK, France & Belgium
2020-10-06 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
France, Beligum, and the UK are among a number of European countries that currently require their telecoms operators to collect and store customers’ traffic and location data for intelligence purposes. However, a ruling today handed down by the CJEU has deemed that such measures are illegal unless there is a direct threat to national or public security…read more on TotalTele.com »
Brexit: Ministers plan laws overriding part of withdrawal deal
2020-09-07 03:43:35| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
No 10 calls it a "standby" in case EU trade talks fail, as the PM issues an October deadline for a deal.