BBC News – EU to assess piracy detection software A human rights watchdog has asked the European Commission to assess the legality of software being used to analyse file-sharing in the UK. The software in…
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…
New letter reveals top army brass involvement in plot Zaman, 05 November 2009, Thursday BETÜL AKKAYA DEMIRBAŞ İSTANBUL New letter reveals top army brass involvement in plot – A second letter written by an unnamed…
EU – Telecoms: Commission steps up UK legal action over privacy and personal data protection: (RAPID) The Commission has moved to the second phase of an infringement proceeding over the UK to provide its citizens…
German rail firm pays €1.1m fine over employee snooping: “Germany’s national rail company has agreed to pay a €1.1 million for spying on its employees for more than a decade.” (Via OUT-LAW News.)
Can invasive services survive Britain’s privacy backlash? | News | PC Pro Barry Collins, PC Pro, Posted on 19 Oct 2009 at 11:26 Former Sun boss Scott McNealy may once have advised that we have…
UK – Tories pledge to end the database state (ZDNet) The Conservative Party has promised to reduce government databases and introduce stronger measures to protect people’s privacy, if it wins the next general election. The…
38% of large US companies have full-time email monitoring staff, claims research: “Nearly four in ten companies have staff whose main job is to monitor the outgoing email of colleagues, according to US data security…