CPS denies support for überdatabase: “ Starmer pleads innocent The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has clarified comments by the UK’s top prosecutor, denying that he supports proposals for a centralised warehouse of private communications data.……
New e-mail law ‘is an attack on civil liberties’: “Upcoming rules that force internet companies to hold details of every e-mail sent in Britain are a waste of money and an attack on privacy, according…
Confusion reigns ahead of comms überdatabase debate: “ Disentangling IMP from the EU Analysis Jacqui Smith will soon begin one of the Home Office’s famed consultation exercises on new systems demanded by spy chiefs to…
UK’s database plan condemned by Europe – Home News, UK – The Independent Human rights commissioner says government plan to store information is violation By Robert Verkaik, Law Correspondent, Wednesday, 31 December 2008 Britain must…
Private firm may track all email and calls The private sector will be asked to manage and run a communications database that will keep track of everyone’s calls, emails, texts and internet use under a…
Yahoo to Anonymize User Data After 90 DaysYahoo announced it would begin forgetting what users do on its site after 90 days pass in order to better protect their privacy. The move makes Yahoo the…
Yahoo adjusts data retention time This article has been published at RLSLOG.net In an attempt to bolster trust with its users, Yahoo has revamped its global data retention policy, promising to anonymise user log data…
Human rights court rules UK DNA grab illegal: “ Jacqui Smith: Law to remain while judgment ‘carefully considered’ Updated The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that it is illegal for the government to…
The case concerned the retention by the UK authorities of the applicants’ fingerprints, cellular samples and DNA profiles after criminal proceedings against them were terminated by an acquittal and were discontinued respectively. The European Court…
Wacky Jacqui’s £12bn gIMP could be unleashed by 2012: “ But ‘nothing decided’ on comms überdatabase, says Home Office The government Interception Modernisation Programme (gIMP), a plan by spy chiefs to centrally collect details of…