EU – Telecoms: Commission steps up UK legal action over privacy and personal data protection: (RAPID) The Commission has moved to the second phase of an infringement proceeding over the UK to provide its citizens…
Mandelson’s piracy tactics leave Tories with a dilemma: James Blunt, who wrote to Lord Mandelson on the vexed subject of internet piracy, called the internet service providers ‘drug pushers’ in an e-mail that the minister…
Police log ‘domestic extremists’: Thousands of activists monitored on network of overlapping databases Police are gathering the personal details of thousands of activists who attend political meetings and protests, and storing their data on a…
Data-losing companies may be forced to spill to public: “ European Commission mulls beef-up of law The European Commission will consider passing new laws forcing organisations that lose personal data to go public with that…
More than 5 million people now on DNA database: “ Still growing despite court ruling The estimated number of people whose DNA profile is stored by the government has broken the five million mark for…
UK gets final warning over Phorm trials: “ Change the law, or we’ll see you in court Updated The UK government today came a step closer to international embarrassment over its failure to act against…
I love the title of this article 🙂 Government to protect children from zombie paedophiles: “ The dead may walk – but they can’t work in teaching The Vetting database will protect children not only…
DEFRA loses tapes – and plot: “ Situation normal – usual staggering government incompetence It has been revealed that the UK’s Rural Payments Agency (RPA) lost tapes five months ago which contained the payment details…
German rail firm pays €1.1m fine over employee snooping: “Germany’s national rail company has agreed to pay a €1.1 million for spying on its employees for more than a decade.” (Via OUT-LAW News.)
Article from: TorrentFreak, check out our new blog at FreakBits. Pirate Bay Founders Banned From Running The Site: In August the bandwidth supplier to The Pirate Bay was ordered by a court to disconnect the…