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Someone asked me today how to set up his new email account in Windows Live Mail so it prompted me to record it for future use and add it to my growing list of "How to" guides. See "How to…
Someone asked me today how to set up his new email account in Windows Live Mail so it prompted me to record it for future use and add it to my growing list of "How to" guides. See "How to…
Recently, I was working on a design where I needed to match the exact font from the logo. I managed to identify the name of the font used in the image and then set to, as I have done many…
Cold calling tech-support scams have been around for quite a while now. Reports indicate that these people, generally based in India, have extorted millions of pounds out of English speaking victims in the UK, Canada, the US and other countries…
Well the deadline for compliance with the new EU Cookie Law on the 26th of May 2012 has come and gone and a further survey since by KPMG suggests that around 80% of UK websites they surveyed are pretty much…
Having reached the deadline today (24th May) for making websites compliant with the new EU Cookie Laws, it is expected that thousands of UK websites will not meet the new regulations. A last minute change in the ICO guidelines, released…
As expected, there continues to be quite a lot of press on this topic as we get nearer to the final deadline for compliance on the 26th of May. In an interview with Computer World UK magazine last week, a…
The ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office), who are responsible for enforcing the law in the UK, have said they will take a dim view of organisations that fail to act before the deadline. ” Those who choose to do nothing will have their lack of action taken into account when we begin formal enforcement of the rules.” – Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham
The law also requires that you tell your visitors to your website about your use of cookies or other tracking technologies, and how they can delete or control them.
Some time ago I published a news article on this blog about how insecure many people's passwords were found to be, after reading a number of articles on the subject, in an attempt to highlight the importance of the issue…
We are pleased to announce that the new website for Pyesmead Farm Bed and Breakfast and Self Catering accommodation went live today. Pyesmead Farm is a family run farm, situated near Romsey on the edge of the New Forest in…
From March 1st 2011, advertising and marketing communications on websites in the UK will be regulated by the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA). The ASA is the UK's independent regulator of advertising across all media. The ASA's present remit online…