Privacy Regulation

Facebook bloggers reveal way to peek at private profiles

Dan Kaplan June 23, 2009

Two Facebook fans generated a load of free publicity for their new blog when, in their maiden post, disclosed a vulnerability in the social-networking website that could enable outsiders to view parts of profiles that are set to private.
 

Streetview 'won't invade privacy'

Joy Persaud August 06, 2008

Google Streetview will not be breaching any privacy laws when it is launched in the UK, according to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
 

Europe just "weeks" away from data sharing deal with FBI

Richard Thurston July 01, 2008

Brussels insiders have confirmed that the European Commission is nearing the conclusion of talks with the Americans over the provision of citizens' personal information to the FBI for terrorism fighting purposes
 

Exclusive: Privacy campaigners may sue EC over provision of citizens' personal data to the FBI

Richard Thurston June 30, 2008

A leading civil rights organisation is threatening the European Commission with legal action as Brussels nears an agreement with the US over plans to release details of individuals' credit card histories and internet browsing habits to the FBI
 

Poynter Review, IPCC severely criticise HMRC over data breach

Richard Thurston June 25, 2008

Two separate reports into the data leakage of 25 million records from Revenue & Customs last year have widely condemned data security procedures in the Government department
 

CCTV cameras that listen as well as watch

Richard Thurston June 25, 2008

University researchers are developing artificial intelligence software which can be loaded onto CCTV cameras to enable them to locate incidents by noise alone
 

Scotland loses details of nearly one million 999 calls

Richard Thurston June 24, 2008

Parcel courier TNT has lost a disk containing extensive details of emergency calls made in Scotland over the last two years
 

Private investigators fined by magistrates after conning BT for information

Richard Thurston June 23, 2008

Two private detectives have been fined by a London court after blagging information on the partner of a man wanted for a debt to their client
 

Sweden adopts eavesdropping legislation

Richard Thurston June 20, 2008

A controversial bill passed by the Swedish Government this week will entitle one of the country's intelligence agencies to monitor all phone calls, faxes and emails crossing its borders
 

Interview: Louise Bennett

Richard Thurston June 17, 2008

As the chair of the security forum at the British Computer Society, Dr Louise Bennett has an excellent bird's eye view of what's going wrong with the nation's security, as she tells SC Magazine
 

MPs urge Government caution over handling of citizens' data

Richard Thurston June 10, 2008

In a report, the Home Affairs Committee says it's imperative that the Government builds trust with citizens, else there is a real danger the country will slide into a surveillance society
 

Security expert: BT should be prosecuted over its use of Phorm

Richard Thurston June 09, 2008

Cambridge University security researcher Dr Richard Clayton argues that BT should be prosecuted because it monitored internet users' websurfing habits without their permission, while the telco declines to say its activities were legal
 

Google chief exec targeted over privacy policy

Richard Thurston June 04, 2008

Fourteen US privacy groups have written to Eric Schmidt arguing that Google is breaking Californian law by not including a link to its privacy policy on its homepage
 

Facebook faces accusations of 22 privacy violations

Richard Thurston June 02, 2008

The social networking site has been hit by a legal complaint from Canada, which claims it has failed to gain users' permission to distribute their information
 

Interview: Lord Erroll

Richard Thurston May 26, 2008

The outspoken Lord Erroll is the voice of the House of Lords on internet security. Keen to keep the Government on its toes, he is quick to criticise the efforts of the Commons to keep the nation's data secure, as he tells SC Magazine.
 

Government lines up central database of phone and internet records

Richard Thurston May 20, 2008

ISPs and telecoms companies are to be compelled to provide a wide range of information on their users' activities, which may be held in one central Government database
 

Google defends privacy policy after Google Health launch

Richard Thurston May 20, 2008

Following the launch of Google Health, a hosted service which lets users store their medical information online, the search giant has sought to quash security and privacy concerns
 

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