Google’s spycar revs up UK privacy fears: “ Privacy campaigners launch Street View ambush Google’s Street View cars, which grab real photographs of streets and the people in them for the search giant’s Maps service,…
Analysis: NSA Spying Judge Defends Rule of Law, Congress Set to Strip His Power: “President Bush’s arguments for his secret wiretapping of Americans are not legal, a federal court judge ruled Wednesday standing up for…
Google ‘faces Street View block’: “Google’s plans to launch a mapping tool in the UK could be referred to the Information Commissioner.” (Via BBC News.)
Bits: Google Puts Privacy Link on Main Page: “The move brings Google into clear compliance with a California law that requires many Internet sites to have a link to their privacy policy on their home…
Judge grants Viacom 12TB of YouTube user records: “ Google’s privacy comeuppance In the ongoing $1bn legal spat between Google and Viacom, a federal judge has ordered the search giant to turn over all existing…
Virgin admits disconnection threat mistake: “Virgin Media has said that a threat sent out to 800 of its customers that they could be disconnected from the internet because of alleged copyright infringement was a mistake.”…
Google blurs faces to protect privacy in French StreetView: “Google has chosen to blur the faces of people caught on camera by the French edition of its StreetView service. (Via Macworld.)
The decision is available through cyberlaw.org.uk as a PDF file. Judge Orders Google to Turn Over YouTube Records: “The order raised concerns that the online video viewing habits of tens of millions of people could…
Google’s controversial Street View hits the UK: “Google’s Street View photography cars have been spotted on the streets of London. The company started its first European data gathering for the service in April in Italy.”…
Analysis: Pending a Telecom Immunity Vote, Spy Ruling Lacks Muscle: “A federal judge’s ruling late Wednesday appears to favor lawsuits challenging the Bush administration’s once-secret eavesdropping program. But a closer look reveals the 59-page decision…