CyberLaw Blog

Archive for July 7th, 2008

Bits: One Subpoena Is All It Takes to Reveal Your Online Life: “The court order forcing Google to turn over records of who has viewed and uploaded videos on YouTube shows how much information about people’s Internet use can be disclosed in a legal proceeding

(Via NYT > Technology.)

YouTube data to be released, but Google keeps technology secret: “Users of YouTube will have their access details handed over to entertainment giant Viacom and the English football Premier League after a US judge ordered the disclosure of a 12 terabyte database.”

(Via OUT-LAW News.)

Privacy group protests about Street View, but Google says blurring protects privacy: “A privacy pressure group has told Google that its Street View photography service will break the law. But the company says that its technical measures will safeguard people’s privacy.”

(Via OUT-LAW News.)

Google’s spycar revs up UK privacy fears: “

Privacy campaigners launch Street View ambush

Google’s Street View cars, which grab real photographs of streets and the people in them for the search giant’s Maps service, have come under fire from privacy campaigners.…

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(Via The Register - Public Sector.)

Bavaria sanctions police spyware: “

Trojan horse rides roughshod over opposition

Bavaria has become the first German state to approve laws that allow police to plant spyware on the PCs of terror suspects.…

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(Via The Register - Public Sector.)

Europe votes on anti-piracy laws: “Late changes to proposed European telecoms laws could see suspected copyright pirates banned from the net.”

(Via BBC News.)

Europe drafts law to disconnect suspected filesharers: “France has suggested an amendment to the pan-European Telecoms Package, which would bar broadband access to anyone who persists in illegally downloading music or films.”

(Via OUT-LAW News.)

Google defends Street View tool: “Google defends its Street View photo mapping tool, saying it will meet local privacy laws in Europe at launch.”

(Via BBC News.)