UN issues call for international privacy agreement: “ Countering counter-terror powers A UN watchdog has called for a new international agreement on privacy following a review of the expanding global array of surveillance measures and…
EU Commission outlines plans to strengthen privacy law: “The European Commission is planning to beef up the Data Protection Directive, strengthening the enforcement of the EU law and including introducing new demands that technologies and…
Canadian privacy watchdog launches investigation into Facebook’s response to its previous investigation: “Canada’s Privacy Commissioner has launched an investigation into changes Facebook made to its privacy policy. The changes were made in response to an…
Twitter breaks privacy law, says Norwegian consumer group: “The Norwegian consumer group that says that Facebook’s terms and conditions break the law has pledged also to take action against Twitter and LinkedIn.” (Via OUT-LAW News.)
Facebook adopts new privacy policy: (CNET) Facebook has decided to adopt a revised privacy policy designed to be more accessible and easier to understand. The site also plans to add visual resources designed to make…
Telephone tapping in Turkey; a measure to intimidate the judiciary?: “ The issue is tapping of telephones and other electronic communications between the citizens of Turkey. The problem reached scandal proportions with revelations that judges,…
Home Office accused of sexing-up mobile phone rescue: “ Comms data ‘essential’? Not really The Home Office is once again under attack for the standard of the evidence it uses to support its policies, this…
More delays for UK.gov’s net snooping programme: “ Queen to keep schtum on IMP Protests from ISPs and phone providers have further delayed government plans to massively increase monitoring of phone calls, web browsing and…
Transparency, choice and control – now complete with a Dashboard!: “Posted by Alma Whitten, Software Engineer, Yariv Adan, Product Manager, and Marissa Mayer, VP of Search Products and User Experience Today, we are excited to…
Google centralises privacy control: (Guardian) With the new Google Dashboard, the personal data and product settings of different Google products are combined on one side to make it simpler for users to deal with them….