Software firm under pressure to give up FSA name

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(Scroll to the end of the story to read the judgment by Nominet) Confidential information about f...

(Scroll to the end of the story to read the judgment by Nominet) Confidential information about financial services firms is being accidentally sent to a software firm rather than the regulator because its email address is too similar to that owned by the Financial Services Authority. The FSA and its lawyers are locked in a dispute with a Bournemouth-based firm to try and gain control of the domain name www.fsa.co.uk, however, the IT company - called Findlay Steele Associates - is accusing the FSA of using bullying tactics to get its domain name, web address and email changed. Findl...

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