European Parliament wants criminalization of online ‘grooming’: “ Hosting dodgy chatrooms too The European Parliament has asked the EU to make online ‘grooming’ a criminal offense.… “ (Via The Register – Public Sector.)
Parliament probes privacy law: “ Could give it legislative ‘nudge’ Parliament will investigate privacy law in the UK and may give the law a ‘nudge’, Justice Minister Jack Straw has said. A select committee of…
Google on trial over Italian ‘defamation’ vid: “ Execs face jail time for Turin teenagers’ taunt The Privacy Trial of the Century is already waving jail time at three current Google execs and its former…
Google gains a little Latitude – Which? News: “Google gains a little Latitude Privacy concerns raised over latest service 04 February 2009 Google Maps logo Search giant Google is introducing a service called Latitude, which…
25 Most Shocking Crimes in Social Media History | Masters in Criminal Justice: “25 Most Shocking Crimes in Social Media History By Laura Milligan The popularity and near necessity of social media sites has grown…
U.K. Shifts Toward Censorship: “While U.S. citizens possess free speech by constitutional right, U.K. subjects must go cap in hand to representatives of our constitutional monarchy to check what we are — and are not…
Cybercrime threat rising sharply: “The threat of cybercrime is rising rapidly and attacks can threaten whole economies, warn experts at the World Economic Forum.” (Via BBC News.)
ICO urges organisations to promise to do better on privacy: “The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has asked businesses and public bodies to promise that they will do more than their legal duty to protect the…
28th January 2009 – P2P Infringement Case Settled High Court proceedings between four major record companies, EMI, Sony, Universal and Warner and Eircom which have been at trial for eight days, have been settled on…
UK – Firms back data protection pledge: “(BBC) Firms are being encouraged to back a pledge to safeguard the data they hold about citizens and customers. Drafted by the Information Commissioner, the Personal Information Promise…