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…
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…
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…
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…
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…