Tories fear legal dodge over comms überdatabase: “ Euro data law comes into force on Monday Laws mandating a massive central database of email, web browsing, telephone and social networking data may already have been…
Three months on, you still can’t get off the DNA database: “ Carry on sampling… Almost three months on from the unanimous ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) against the UK’s mass…
Congress mulls stringent data retention rules: “ Two-year logs for ISPs, hotspots, even homes US politicians have proposed legislation that would oblige both ISPs and people running Wi-Fi hotspots to keep access logs for two…
UK.gov to tap BT as data harvester: “ Small ISP customers to be monitored upstream The government will call on BT and other big communications firms to monitor small ISPs’ customers and keep private information…
Facebook does U-turn on eternal data grab: “Facebook has dumped heavily criticised new service terms that lay claim to photos and messages posted to the site forever – even after accounts are deleted – following…
Data Retention Directive has sound legal basis, rules ECJ: “ It’s economics, not policing judges say The European Union’s Data Retention Directive has a sound legal basis because it connects to policing but does not…
Surveillance needs better control, warn Lords: “The fundamental relationship between Government and the people of the UK is at risk because of the increasing surveillance being carried out by the state and by private bodies,…
Data Retention Directive has sound legal basis, rules ECJ: “The European Union’s Data Retention Directive has a sound legal basis because it connects to policing but does not actually cover policing functions, the European Court…
Law will force ISPs to pass file-sharing data to record labels: “The Government will create legislation forcing internet service providers (ISPs) to gather information on customers engaged in illegal file-sharing, and forcing them to contact…
Facebook-based privacy campaign to spam Wacky Jacqui: “ 10 for effort, 0 for irony appreciation More than 3,000 people have agreed to protest against the privacy threat from the government’s forthcoming consultation on communications data……