Data retention laws: what they mean for ISPs
Data retention laws: what they mean for ISPs: “Under an anti-terrorism law passed after September 11 2001, details of every website visited, email sent and phone call made in the UK can be made available…
Data Retention
The Guardian: Bigger databases increase risks, says watchdog
Bigger databases increase risks, says watchdog The proliferation of ever larger centralised databases is increasing the risk of people’s personal data being lost or abused, the government’s official privacy watchdog claims today. The warning from…
Top prosecutor warns against growing state power
Top prosecutor warns against growing state power: “ Urges caution on new surveillance powers The country’s most senior prosecutor has intervened in the gathering storm over the forthcoming Communications Data Bill by urging ‘legislative restraint’…
Privacy watchdog calls Home Office plans threat to British way of life
Privacy watchdog calls Home Office plans threat to British way of life: “The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said that a single database of phone and internet usage records would undermine the ‘British way of…
EU Advocate General rejects Ireland’s data retention objections
Advocate General rejects Ireland’s data retention objections: “The European Union’s Data Retention Directive was not procedurally flawed and should not be repealed, an Advocate General to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has said. Ireland’s…
UK.gov looks for ‘consensus’ on PAYG phone registry
UK.gov looks for ‘consensus’ on PAYG phone registry: “ Voda leads opposition to mobe registry plan The Home Office insisted today it had taken no decision on whether to force Britons to present photo ID…
Internet phone calls are crippling fight against terrorism – Times Online
Internet phone calls are crippling fight against terrorism – Times Online: “From The Times, October 16, 2008 Sean O’Neill and Richard Ford The huge growth in internet telephone traffic is jeopardising the capability of police…
Government faces fight from within for spy database – Times Online
Government faces fight from within for spy database – Times Online: “From The Sunday Times, October 19, 2008 A Home Office revolt is stalling a plan to store our e-mails and calls but a more…
Passports will be needed to buy mobile phones – Times Online
Passports will be needed to buy mobile phones – Times Online: “From The Sunday Times, October 19, 2008 David Leppard Everyone who buys a mobile telephone will be forced to register their identity on a…
Britain Considers Database for Telephone and E-Mail Traffic
Britain Considers Database for Telephone and E-Mail Traffic: “The country’s independent reviewer of terrorism laws, Lord Carlile, said the government should not be allowed to set up a vast ‘data warehouse.’ (Via NYT > Technology.)