“British computer programmer Gary McKinnon has been granted another seven days to challenge Alan Johnson’s decision to extradite him to America to answer computer hacking charges.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd December 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Archive for the 'improper use of telecommunications' Category
Gary McKinnon given more time to challenge Alan Johnson’s decision to extradite him – Daily Telegraph
Published December 3, 2009 extradition , improper use of telecommunications , news Leave a CommentParliamentary inquiry misled on phone hacks – The Independent
Published November 16, 2009 improper use of telecommunications , inquiries , media , news Leave a Comment“A parliamentary inquiry into phone hacking by tabloid journalists may have been seriously misled, it emerged yesterday when lawyers acting for a Scotland Yard detective denied that he had ever claimed that messages to 6,000 people had been intercepted.”
The Independent, 16th November 2009
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Hoax 999 call ‘riot hero’ jailed – BBC News
Published September 11, 2009 improper use of telecommunications , news , police , sentencing Leave a Comment“A man hailed as a hero for saving a policeman from rioting hooligans has been jailed for making a hoax 999 call which sparked a £1m rescue operation.”
BBC News, 10th September 2009
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Max Clifford plans court action over News of the World’s hacking – The Guardian
Published July 14, 2009 improper use of telecommunications , media , news Leave a Comment“The celebrity publicist MAx Clifford is starting a legal action against the News of the World to uncover any role its journalists may have played in intercepting messages left on his mobile phone.”
The Guardian, 14th July 2009
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Police may have had a duty to notify phone-hacking victims, says privacy expert – OUT-LAW.com
Published July 10, 2009 improper use of telecommunications , media , news , privacy Leave a Comment“The Metropolitan Police knew that numerous mobile phones had been illegally hacked by private investigators but failed to alert the phones’ owners, according to The Guardian newspaper. If so, the victims should have been told, a privacy expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 9th July 2009
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Three inquiries launched into News of the World hacking claims – The Guardian
Published July 10, 2009 improper use of telecommunications , inquiries , media , news Leave a Comment“News International was facing three fresh inquiries into the conduct of its journalists and executives following the Guardian’s disclosures that Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper empire paid £1m to keep secret the use of criminal methods to get stories.”
The Guardian, 10th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
PCC statement on phone message tapping claims – Press Complaints Commission
Published July 9, 2009 improper use of telecommunications , media , press releases Leave a Comment“PCC statement on phone message tapping claims.”
Press Complaints Commission, 9th July 2009
Source: www.pcc.org.uk
Murdoch papers paid £1m to gag phone-hacking victims – The Guardian
Published July 9, 2009 compensation , improper use of telecommunications , media , news Leave a Comment“Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers has paid out more than £1m to settle legal cases that threatened to reveal evidence of his journalists’ repeated involvement in the use of criminal methods to get stories.”
The Guardian, 9th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Bored’ teenager escapes jail over deadly hoax 999 call – Daily Telegraph
Published July 22, 2008 ASBOs , improper use of telecommunications , news , sentencing , young offenders Leave a Comment“Ian Paterson, 17, called the fire brigade on June 29 because he was ‘bored’, and reported a fake warehouse fire ‘for a laugh’.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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