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…
Database Nation
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…
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…
Big Brother Worries: German Parliament Passes Anti-Terror Law
Big Brother Worries: German Parliament Passes Anti-Terror Law: “Germany’s lower house of parliament has approved a hotly debated law vastly expanding the surveillance capabilities of the federal police. Opponents lambaste the measure as an effort…
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…
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…