ISPA News 29/12/06
PAF Provides Answers To Personal Internet Security
Annual PAF to discuss new strategies for Internet security
Perks Aplenty For ISPA Members
Free legal advice and exclusive discounts to industry leading exhibition for members
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PAF Provides Answers To Personal Internet Security
Annual PAF to discuss new strategies for Internet security
ISPA’s annual PAF (Parliamentary Advisory Forum) will address the important issue of personal Internet security in the new year.
Hosting the event will be the Chairman of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee Phil Willis MP. The keynote speaker will be the Chair of the Lords Science and Technology Committee Lord Broers who will discuss personal Internet security and give delegates an update on the House of Lords Committee’s inquiry on the issue.
Also speaking at the event will be Dave Martin, Information Security Specialist of the PAF’s sponsor LogicaCMG, and Matthew Henton, Head of Marketing for Brightview and a member of the ISPA Council.
The event will take place on the 16th January 2007 in Portcullis House in Westminster.
The PAF will bring together key industry players, government officials, parliamentarians and lawyers to discuss this important and timely issue. ISPA recently responded to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee investigation into Personal Internet Security. Take a look at ISPA's recent news release here.
More information regarding the PAF is available online. In order to participate in the forum please register by contacting the ISPA Secretariat.
Perks Aplenty For ISPA Members
Free legal advice and exclusive discounts to industry leading exhibition for members
Eversheds, one of the world's largest International law firms providing services to the private and public sector business and finance community, is offering ISPA members access to free legal advice.
ISPs face a range of challenges when it comes to monitoring and controlling the material on their sites. Eversheds can advise ISPA members on a wide variety of legal issues, including;
- copyright and domain/brand names abuse
- computer misuse, data-protection and RIPA
- defamation/libel proofing/commercial disputes and commercial drafting
- e-commerce
- data retention, anti-terrorism, crime & security and RIPA
- Ofcom (or other regulatory authority) investigations
Members can access free, preliminary advice via the Eversheds legal advice hotline.
ISPA members are also able receive an exclusive discount on the cost of registration to the 4th Annual Connected Home 2006. The show is a great opportunity for the industry's leading telcos, content and technology players to get together and discuss service delivery, marketing, and content over IPTV technologies and devices.
The show will be held on 24th and 25th October 2006 at Olympia in London.
For more information on these and other exclusive deals for ISPA members, please visit the ISPA deals for members page.
Access to exclusive deals is just one way companies benefit from membership of ISPA. For more information on the benefits of joining ISPA or to offer an exclusive deal for members, please contact The ISPA Press Office.
Happy Holidays One And All
ISPA's greeting card
ISPA would like to extend warm holiday wishes to all its members.
Now in our tenth year, ISPA has accomplished many feats over the past decade. From our inception as a small trade association to today’s reality as the voice of the UK Internet industry, ISPA is relentless in its promotion of competition, self-regulation and development of the Internet industry.
So to all our readers, season's greetings and best wishes for 2007.
