Topic Archives: Business, industry and consumers

Snail mail

Baroness Deech 13/04/2012 – 8:39 pm

The price of first class stamps is to rise to 60p at the end of this month.  That's 12/-.  Like everybody else I went to the post office and stocked up.  But I have to warn you followers of my blog, no more Xmas cards from me, they will be too expensive.  The reason the stamp price had to rise was because Royal Mail is making a loss on them, although they make a substantial profit from other e […]

Written at 8:39 pm on 13/04/2012, by Baroness Deech

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Boys’ Clubs

Baroness Deech 07/04/2012 – 2:47 pm

Women were first admitted to the House of Lords in 1958.  It is amazing that it took so long and yet now women are very much to the forefront of the business of the Lords.  In fact, I think I can say that the House is the most egalitarian of the institutions I have worked in, both in terms of numbers and attitude.  Attitude is especially important.  There is absolutely no sense of difference i […]

Written at 2:47 pm on 07/04/2012, by Baroness Deech

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Last Word on Privacy

Lord Haskel 05/03/2012 – 11:23 am

This is my last word on privacy on the internet because the debate and discussion is now everywhere.  The EU Commission, 39 US Attorneys General, the press – even the Financial Times had an editorial about it – and in the bloggersphere.     To retain our goodwill hopefully businesses will try to strike a sensible balance between power and responsibility.  Otherwise there will be a back […]

Written at 11:23 am on 05/03/2012, by Lord Haskel

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More invasion of our privacy

Lord Haskel 20/02/2012 – 10:22 am

The Facebook prospectus told us how the company is using and profiting from our personal data. I have just learned that here in America the address book on your smartphone is routinely collected by app developers when you download their app. According to a well researched article in Thursday’s New York Times (16 February 2012) this is considered to be “Industry best practice.” Apple’s p […]

Written at 10:22 am on 20/02/2012, by Lord Haskel

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The Facebook Prospectus

Lord Haskel 09/02/2012 – 11:43 am

Looking through the 186 pages of the Facebook prospectus provides an insight into the internet today.  Gone are the days when surfing the net was instructive, pleasurable and yes fun.  We believed in internet neutrality. When surfing today we have to bear in mind that what we look at and what we do on the internet  is being interpreted, packaged and sold.  And this includes the content and des […]

Written at 11:43 am on 09/02/2012, by Lord Haskel

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