British Firm Phorm Trudges Through the Deep Packet Storm: “Deep packet inspection — the secret harvesting of granular details about individual internet activity so companies can make better guesses about what to sell you —…
Bits: Dealing With I.S.P. Snooping: “A law professor argues that Internet providers are probably violating wiretap laws if they monitor the surfing of their users for advertising, but he still proposes making the laws even…
Bits: Google Tightens Data Retention Policy – Again: “Under pressure from regulators and activists, Google tightened its data retention policies, saying it would anonymize search records after nine months. (Via NYT > Technology.)
Another step to protect user privacy: “Posted by Peter Fleischer, Global Privacy Counsel; Jane Horvath, Senior Privacy Counsel; and Alma Whitten, Software Engineer (Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog) Today, we’re announcing a new logs…
Scientology critics fight YouTube takedown notices: “ Push Me F*ck You Net users are fighting back against attempts to remove content critical of the Church of Scientology (CoS) from YouTube.… “ (Via The Register –…
(Via TorrentFreak.) Europe Gets Prison Break Fix via BitTorrent: “ Last week the fourth season of Prison Break aired in the US with over 6 million viewers on TV. On BitTorrent the season premiere was…
Google says EU data laws do not catch its search logs: “Google will anonymise search engine data after nine months instead of 18 months after pressure from EU and US privacy activists and regulators. The…
(Via TorrentFreak.) BitTorrent Tracker Admin Jailed for 18 Months: “ The fallout from the FBI raid on EliteTorrents in 2005 continues. Today, 26 year-old Daniel Dove has been sentenced to 18 months in prison and…
Home Office screws prison data bunglers: “ PA Consulting feels Jacqui’s wrath The Home Office has today terminated a £1.5m contract with PA Consulting after it lost the personal details of the entire UK prison…