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UK.gov to spend hundreds of millions on snooping silo: “

Überdatabase pork barrel ahoy

Exclusive The government is pressing ahead with plans to spend hundreds of millions of pounds on a massive central silo for all UK communications data, The Register has learned.…

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(Via The Register - Public Sector.)

MoJ admits data breaches affecting 45,000: “

Long arm of the law has butter fingers

The Ministry of Justice has reported eight data breach incidents affecting around 45,000 people.…

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(Via The Register - Public Sector.)

BBC NEWS | Technology | Home Office questioned over Phorm: “Home Office questioned over Phorm “

Questions about how the government has dealt with complaints about an ad-serving firm that monitors web traffic are being asked ahead of an EU enquiry.

In the House of Lords Lib Dem peer Baroness Miller has asked a series of questions about the nature of talks between the government and Phorm.

Critics have asked why the Home Office has not intervened over secret Phorm trials BT conducted in 2006 and 2007.

The EU has asked the UK government to clarify the situation.

Privacy worry over location data: “Privacy groups express concern as Yahoo unveils its new location tool to support a growing generation of web services.”

(Via BBC News.)

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.)

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.…

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(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”

Tories call for more freedom for snoopers: “

Police nose bunged up with red tape

The Tory Party is calling for less restriction of police snooping because current laws are ‘placing a disproportionate burden’ on investigations of ‘volume crime’.…

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(Via The Register - Public Sector.)