Watchdog wags finger at waffly privacy policies: “ Companies must cut the gobbledegook Privacy policies are full of jargon and are designed to reduce organisations’ liability rather than to help people understand what their personal…
EU privacy watchdog laments weakened privacy proposals: “The European Union’s Council of Ministers has weakened proposals to overhaul EU privacy laws and left people with fewer protections for their personal information, the privacy watchdog for…
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…
Home Office denies remote snooping plan: “ No change to police rules…yet The Home Office has denied it has made any change to rules governing how police can remotely snoop on people’s computers.… “ (Via…
Police set to step up hacking of home PCs – Times Online From The Sunday Times, January 4, 2009 Police set to step up hacking of home PCs David Leppard THE Home Office has quietly…
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…
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…