Personal numbers must carry cost warning, says regulator
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Rip-off alert will give you a chance to hang up Telecoms regulator Ofcom has ordered that from September, callers to so-called "personal numbers", which start with the digits 070, must hear a warning on the call's cost for free before being connected if the call will cost more than 20 pence.â¦
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Media & professional: The corporation's global presence is threatened by the licence fee squeeze, writes James Robinson.
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A leading security expert warns that new chip and pin credit and debit cards could be open to fraud.
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Business & money: Â·  EC looks at forcing down price of mobile roaming Â·   Worries over high costs  for business
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The company tightens its forecast on cost concerns.
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Police forces across Britain are being urged to reveal how much money is being paid to informers.
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The Vermont Agency of Human Services is warning some 70,000 people in the state that a computer breach may have exposed their Social Security Numbers and other personal data.
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Doctors are warned that ambiguous abbreviations in medical notes are putting patients' lives at risk.
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Plans to limit mobile phone call costs for consumers who travel abroad within Europe are attacked by the industry.
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The Financial Services Authority warns that any plan to base the London Stock Exchange outside the UK could affect market regulation.
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Experts are concerned that data may not being properly protected by the IRS and that a massive data loss by the agency, similar to the one last month by the U.K.'s Revenue and Customs office, could disrupt the nation's banking system.
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Hospitals could be putting patients' lives at risk by sending consultants' letters which need transcribing to India, a group warns.
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Supermarkets could face multi-million pound fines.
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Those seeking advice on how to meet their debts has hit record levels, the Citizens Advice Bureau warns.
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Sale of driver details is out of control Deja-Datapocalypse The DVLA's sale of driver details to anyone with Â£2.50 to spare must stop, says the Scottish National Party, having uncovered just how many peoples' records have been sold by the department.â¦
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Â· Increase to fund consular service, says Foreign Office Â· Bill is underwriting cost of ID cards, say opponents
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Massachusetts' new top business regulator yesterday called on retailers to start disclosing how well they protect customer credit-card and debit-card data, an idea gaining traction after a data breach at retailer TJX Cos. last month.