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…
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…
Turkish courts impose ban on YouTube WSWS : News & Analysis : Middle East : Turkey Turkish courts impose ban on YouTube By Kerem Kaya, 6 August 2008 On May 5, all access to the…
Google tells Congress it’s not Phorm: “ ‘Our users trust us’ Google wants you to know that in targeting online ads, it doesn’t use Phorm-like deep packet inspection. But it still refuses to acknowledge its…
UK.gov pushes £50,000 fine for online copyright infringement: “ Clampdown on commercial piracy The government has launched a consultation on plans to increase the maximum fine for traders in copyright-infringing material from £5,000 to £50,000…
Global Trail of an Online Crime Ring: “Prosecutors say their own informant stole millions of credit card numbers in a case that reveals how the Internet is enabling new crimes on a vast scale. (Via…
Home Office lost CDs on 3,000 workers: “ Details go missing in post The Home Office has lost the names, nationalities, passport numbers and dates of birth of 3,000 seasonal agricultural workers on two CDs…