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…
Data on 5,000 prison staff lost: “A computer hard drive containing details of thousands of prison have been lost, the government has confirmed.” (Via BBC News.)
This is an article from: TorrentFreak Anti-Piracy Scam Emails Target BitTorrent Users: “ A new trend is surfacing, as spammers have sent out millions of emails targeting BitTorrent users. The emails that claim to come…
SE – TeliaSonera launches child porn blocking service for ISP: “(TeliaSonera international Carrier has launched a free service allowing operators and Internet Service Providers the ability to deny their users access to web sites containing…
This is an article from: TorrentFreak Furious Author Cancels Pirated Book: “ Writer Stephanie Meyer isn’t too happy with the Internet. The first 12 chapters of her eagerly awaited book, a counter-view novel to Twilight,…