Government gives more detail on communications surveillance plan: “The Government has postponed planned legislation which could create a giant central database containing records of every email, web session and phone call made in the UK.”…
Hoon: Not building überdatabase would be terrorist licence to kill: “ Fear? Hyperbole? He’s heard of them Transport secretary Geoff Hoon said last night that if the government is not able to harvest details of…
Security services want personal data from sites like Facebook: “Ministers say terrorists and other criminals are using free websites as a way of concealing their communications” (Via Latest news, sport, business, comment and reviews from…
Concern over giant database idea: “The government’s terror watchdog is concerned at proposals for a giant database of all UK phone calls and web use.” (Via BBC News.)
Home Office preps fudgetastic ISP data retention rules: “ Cash-strapped Whitehall gives small ISPs free pass A Home Office official has baffled ISPs by telling them new laws will on paper require them all to…
Data-Mining for Terrorists Not ‘Feasible,’ DHS-Funded Study Finds: “Searching for terrorists in masses of electronic data doesn’t work and will lead to unacceptable privacy invasions, a government-funded commission reported Tuesday. Instead, the government should carefully…
UK.gov £12bn comms überdatabase ‘wouldn’t spot terrorists’: “ Influential US report says data mining ineffective A heavyweight US investigation of counter-terror databases has concluded that the type of intelligence mining proposed by UK spy chiefs…
Home Office defends retaining comms data: “ But hasn’t figured out how yet The Home Office has said that ministers have not yet decided how to retain data on all communications – but defended the…
Bits: Google Tightens Data Retention Policy – Again: “Under pressure from regulators and activists, Google tightened its data retention policies, saying it would anonymize search records after nine months. (Via NYT > Technology.)
Another step to protect user privacy: “Posted by Peter Fleischer, Global Privacy Counsel; Jane Horvath, Senior Privacy Counsel; and Alma Whitten, Software Engineer (Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog) Today, we’re announcing a new logs…