Bigger databases increase risks, says watchdog The proliferation of ever larger centralised databases is increasing the risk of people’s personal data being lost or abused, the government’s official privacy watchdog claims today. The warning from…
Thirty organisations are under ICO investigation over data breaches: “The UK’s privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is currently pursuing 30 investigations into serious data security breaches, it said. In the past year 227…
Liberty: Observer story takes liberties: “ Newspaper conjures data endorsement for mobile operators Updated The civil rights group Liberty has rubbished a newspaper report that it has been approached by several UK mobile operators in…
Illegal immigrant caught with pirate and porn DVDs – WalesOnline Oct 23 2008 by Gary Marsh, Cynon Valley Leader AN illegal immigrant who admitted being in possession of nearly 1,000 pirate films and pornography has…
Why your boss should never be your Facebook friend: “How one Sydney worker’s claim of illness was undone by his Facebook update” (Via Latest news, sport, business, comment and reviews from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk.)
New laws on porn ‘will criminalise thousands’, according to opponents of proposed legislation Perhaps it was the bondage trousers his mother was so famous for creating in the 1970s but photographer Ben Westwood has made…
Call for clampdown on rogue online ticket sellers Ticketing websites have called on the government to crack down on rogue online operators after a spate of high-profile examples of consumers being ripped off. Andy Burnham,…
Groups say Web site bans hurt Turkey’s image Several Turkish nongovernmental organizations advocating freedom of speech and expression have stressed in a written statement that frequent Web site bans damage Turkey’s image abroad. A large…
Belgian ISP wins reprieve in copyright infringement filtering case: “A Belgian internet service provider that had been ordered by the courts to filter out copyright-infringing material from its network has won a court reprieve. It…
Linking to defamatory material is not the same as publishing it, says Canadian court: “The publisher of a link to defamatory material does not have any liability for that defamation, a Canadian court has ruled….