In light of a new report stating that 450,000 children in England and Wales are gambling every week, the Gambling Commission has announced new plans to defend children against the dangers of gambling and regulate potentially illegal gambling venues targeting the youth. This plan will build on existing work and include the growing economy of […]
How An Online Casino Is Regulated In the United Kingdom, the Gambling Commission has set forth remote technical standards that apply to any operator of an Online Casino. These rules, written by the Gambling Commission, set a technological standard that a mobile casino needs to meet in order to remain open legally. They define rules […]
Recently, the Food and Drug Administration completed a ruling that expands their authority to all tobacco related products including e-cigarettes, cigars, pipes and hookah. These regulations were formulated to help improve the public’s overall health and well being as these products were already being sold but without any initial review regarding what they were made […]
Understanding Open Standards A Brief Look At Open Standards and More What is an open source? Open source is defined as any open material on the web which is publicly accessible by anyone. What is an open standard? Open standards are defined as guidelines to keep the technologies open, particularly to developers. The definitions are […]
Microsoft and the Government’s Open Standards In 2010, the United Kingdom began the arduous process of reforming its digital strategy. The UK Department for Business, Innovation, and Skills launched an extensive investigation into which IT standards would become official policy. The goal of this inquiry and overhaul was to attain standard protocols that would foster […]
The Hague Declaration in the Digital Age The Hague Declaration is about the discovery of knowledge during the digital age. The declaration is capable of shaping the practice of ethical research, developing an open access infrastructure and policies and shaping legislative reform. The availability of ideas, data, facts, computing power, and the internet […]
Is Net Neutrality Really a Threat to the Internet? On December 14, 2017, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to repeal the Obama-era net neutrality rules put into place two years earlier. The rollback gives internet service providers (ISPs) the ability to act as gatekeepers for web content; essentially, they can promote their own services […]
The EU Commission announced on June 25 that EIF/2.0 (The European Interoperability Framework which defines the rules for software used in e-Government) will hold the line as regards patents on standards. The announcement is expected to annoy those who wanted a “broad” definition of open standards that would include patented standards. As expected, the Business Software Alliance […]
The Digital Standards Organization defines free and open standard as follows: A free and open standard is immune to vendor capture at all stages in its life-cycle. Immunity from vendor capture makes it possible to freely use, improve upon, trust, and extend a standard over time. The standard is adopted and will be maintained by a […]
Adopted and proclaimed by the founders of the Digital Standards Organization in The Hague on 21 May 2008. Whereas almost 60 years ago the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, established in international law these rights and freedoms: Freedom from discrimination by government or law (Article 2, Article 7). Freedom of movement within the borders […]