CyberLaw Blog

Archive for August 13th, 2008

Guy Herbert: Zero privacy on the internet: “Guy Herbert: The British government is taking extraordinary new powers to monitor everyone’s emailing, internet browsing and phone calls”

(Via guardian.co.uk Comment is free.)

Helping build the Great Firewall: “Comment is free: Dmitri Vitaliev: China is strongly criticised for its internet censorship – but it is western technology firms that have provided the tools for the job”

(Via Latest news, sport, business, comment and reviews from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk.)

Phorm secretly tracked Americans too: “

2005 hot spot trials exposed

Exclusive Phorm has also deployed its behavioral ad targeting technologies in the US of A.…

“

(Via The Register – Comms.)

The Home Office Consultation Paper entitled Transposition of Directive 2006/24/EC is available here, and the deadline for comments is 31 October, 2008.

Councils get power to ‘spy’ on your e-mail and net use: “Councils and health authorities are to be given the right to access e-mail and
internet records under surveillance powers to be introduced next year, the
Home Office said yesterday.”

(Via Law News from Times Online.)

Privacy awareness not backed up by behaviour, survey finds: “Almost 90% of UK internet users are prepared to give away private data despite 84% of the same users claiming to be very guarded about online privacy.”

(Via OUT-LAW News.)

The Home Office Consultation Paper entitled Transposition of Directive 2006/24/EC is available here, and the deadline for comments is 31 October, 2008.

Government publishes new, wider Data Retention Regulations: “The Government has published a draft law that mandates the retention of data by internet service providers (ISPs) and telecoms companies. The proposed Regulations will replace an earlier law that applied to non-internet data only.”

Home Office plans ’snooper’s charter’: “Public bodies to be able to access personal details, with data available to investigators across Europe”

Japanese Police Pursue Child Porn: “Citing an increase in online sexual exploitation as well as an enhanced level of public awareness of the issue, the Japanese national police have pursued more than 300 child pornography cases so far this year.”

(Via XBIZ.com | News & Articles.)