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Judge grants Viacom 12TB of YouTube user records: “

Google’s privacy comeuppance

In the ongoing $1bn legal spat between Google and Viacom, a federal judge has ordered the search giant to turn over all existing records of every video viewed on YouTube. That includes user account names and IP addresses.…

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(Via The Register - Public Sector.)

Judge Orders Google to Turn Over YouTube Records: “The order raised concerns that the online video viewing habits of tens of millions of people could be exposed.

(Via NYT > Technology.)

Google must divulge YouTube log: “Google must hand over the log holding details of every user who has watched any video on YouTube, a US court rules.”

(Via BBC News.)

Judge Orders YouTube to Give All User Histories to Viacom: “Google must turn over records of everyone who has watched YouTube videos to Viacom, which is suing the internet giant for copyright infringement. A rights group says the order violates the law and invades users’ privacy.

(Via Wired News.)

Sign the Petition to Stop ISP’s from breaching customers privacy via advertising technologies.: “Sign a petition

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Stop ISP’s from breaching customers privacy via advertising technologies. “

On July 16th 2008 outside the Barbican in London UK, a demonstration will be held to protest against the use of Deep Packet Inspection for the purpose of behavioural advertising (more specifically Phorm).

The protest has been timed to coincide with BT’s annual general meeting and will be held outside that AGM.

A Company Computer and Questions About E-Mail Privacy: “A lawsuit involves an unsettled area of the law, where changes in technology create tension between expectations of personal privacy and companies’ rights to monitor equipment.

(Via NYT > Technology.)

Data security in Government: a briefing on the Poynter report: “Four reports were published yesterday that relate to the security of Government information systems. The recommendations in one of them, the Poynter report, may be familiar to anyone who knows international security standard ISO27001.”

(Via OUT-LAW News.)

Data security in Government: a briefing on Sir Gus O’Donnell’s report: “Sir Gus O’Donnell wrote one of the four reports published yesterday on the security of Government information systems. The report will have a major impact on both the public and private sectors.”

(Via OUT-LAW News.)

Laptop Searches in Airports Draw Fire at Senate Hearing: “Advocacy groups and legal experts told Congress that it was unreasonable for federal officials to search the laptops of United States citizens when they re-enter the country from traveling abroad.

(Via NYT > Technology.)

Government lays plans to avoid future data security blunders: “The loss last year of 25 million records by HM Revenue and Customs was the result of ‘woefully inadequate’ processes for data handling, not individual employees, according to an investigation. The Government has responded with new data security plans.”

(Via OUT-LAW News.)