Times Online; To link or not to link?
News Blog – Times Online – WBLG: To link or not to link?: “To link or not to link? Zaffar from London left a comment after reading the Times Online report on the leaking of…
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Journalism.co.uk Editors’ Blog: BNP members list leak gathers pace online – to link or not to link?
BNP members list leak gathers pace online – to link or not to link? | Journalism.co.uk Editors’ Blog: “BNP members list leak gathers pace online – to link or not to link? November 19th, 2008…
BNP races to get membership list off the net
BNP races to get membership list off the net: “ Brown shirts trousers Updated The BNP membership list containing over 10,000 names and addresses, which we revealed yesterday is still plastered over the internet despite…
BT silences customers over Phorm
BT silences customers over Phorm: “ Down banhammer BT has banned all future discussion of Phorm and its ‘WebWise’ targeted advertising product on its customer forums, and deleted all past threads about the controversy dating…
US Net Spying Firm and ISPs Sued Over Ad System
Net Spying Firm and ISPs Sued Over Ad System: “ISP customers sue a controversial Net monitoring firm and its ISP partners, alleging that the companies violated federal wiretapping law with their ad-targeting scheme. All have…
German court curbs data collection law
German court curbs data collection law: “ 34,000 class action suit pays off Germany’s Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe today has curbed Germany’s wide-reaching data collection law even further, by stating that the data can only…
Orange ditches Phorm
Orange ditches Phorm: “ Another blow for data pimping Updated Orange, the UK’s sixth largest broadband provider, is not going to use Phorm’s data-snooping technology.… “ (Via The Register – Comms.)
Data Protection the DVLA Way
Data Protection the DVLA Way: “ Just don’t ask awkward questions Don’t mess with the DVLA, or bad things might happen to your data.… “ (Via The Register – Public Sector.)
EU privacy chiefs update rules for overseas data transfers
EU privacy chiefs update rules for overseas data transfers: “The European Union’s data protection authorities have published amended guidance on how companies can legally share customer and staff personal data with parts of the firm…
The Guardian: Official fined for leaving al-Qaida papers on train
Official fined for leaving al-Qaida papers on train A senior Whitehall official who left highly classified intelligence documents about al-Qaida and the capabilities of the Iraqi security forces on a train was fined £2,500 yesterday…