CA – Facebook needs to improve privacy practices, investigation finds(Press Release) In order to comply with Canadian privacy law, Facebook must take greater responsibility for the personal information in its care, the Privacy Commissioner of…
EDPS calls for strong emphasis on fundamental rights in future Stockholm Programme Reference: EDPS/09/8, Date: 13/07/2009 Area of freedom, security and justice: EDPS calls for strong emphasis on fundamental rights in future Stockholm Programme The…
Dubya surveillance exceeded warrantless wiretaps: “ Secret snooping still secret As yet unrevealed domestic intelligence activities by the Bush administration sent shock waves through Washington on Friday, as a report critical of post-9/11 US surveillance…
Wife of Sir John Sawers, the future head of MI6, in Facebook security alertDiplomats and civil servants are to be warned about the danger of putting details of their family and career on social networking…
BBC News: MI6 boss in Facebook entry row Personal details about the life of the next head of MI6, Sir John Sawers, have been removed from social networking site Facebook amid security concerns. The Mail…
US – Facebook cleans up its privacy controls: “(CNET.com) Revamped privacy settings are coming soon to Facebook. The social network’s privacy controls had gotten so sprawling that they were distributed across six separate pages and…
Canadian Bill Would Force ISPs to Hand Over User Data: “Canada is weighing a bold move that would force Internet service providers to reveal subscriber data without a warrant.” (Via XBIZ.com | News & Articles.)
Government surveillance response ‘inadequate’, say Lords: “The Government’s response to a Parliamentary report on the monitoring and legislation surrounding surveillance is ‘inadequate’ and it has ‘paid insufficient attention’ to the report’s recommendations, a follow up…
Social networking giants are subject to EU data protection laws, say regulators: “Social networking sites are legally responsible for their users’ privacy, Europe’s privacy watchdogs have confirmed. A committee of data protection regulators has said…
Court of Appeal got prisoner privacy wrong, rules ECHR: “Prisoners have the same right to privacy in medical correspondence as they do in relation to communication with their MPs, the European Court of Human Rights…