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…
Private firm may track all email and calls The private sector will be asked to manage and run a communications database that will keep track of everyone’s calls, emails, texts and internet use under a…
Home Office to review UK’s surveillance powers: “The UK is not a surveillance society as some have claimed, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has said. Smith conceded, though, that surveillance powers needed to be reviewed to…
Prosecutors gather evidence on secret BT-Phorm trials: “ ‘Implied consent’ to be probed The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is gathering evidence on BT’s covert trials of Phorm’s ISP-level adware system to help it judge whether…
You’re Leaving a Digital Trail. What About Privacy?: “An emerging field called collective intelligence could create an Orwellian future on a level Big Brother could only dream of. (Via NYT > Technology.)
Wacky Jacqui’s £12bn gIMP could be unleashed by 2012: “ But ‘nothing decided’ on comms überdatabase, says Home Office The government Interception Modernisation Programme (gIMP), a plan by spy chiefs to centrally collect details of…
BT silences customers over Phorm: “ Down banhammer BT has banned all future discussion of Phorm and its ‘WebWise’ targeted advertising product on its customer forums, and deleted all past threads about the controversy dating…
US Justice Department free to track mobile phone users: “ If you have nothing to hide… The American Civil Liberties Union has revealed that the FBI no longer feels the need for judicial or operator…
Net Spying Firm and ISPs Sued Over Ad System: “ISP customers sue a controversial Net monitoring firm and its ISP partners, alleging that the companies violated federal wiretapping law with their ad-targeting scheme. All have…
Big Brother Worries: German Parliament Passes Anti-Terror Law: “Germany’s lower house of parliament has approved a hotly debated law vastly expanding the surveillance capabilities of the federal police. Opponents lambaste the measure as an effort…