US Senate Keeps Telecom Immunity Provision
Consumer rights advocates and the people they represent in the US was dealt with another blow today. The Senate approved a provision that would give US telecom companies retroactive ...
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Ireland: 80 Unencrypted Government Laptops Lost – Private Information Feared Lost
The Irish Independent has reported on new revelations by the Irish government that 80 unencrypted laptops along with USB sticks and blackberries were either lost or stolen in ...
Canadian Copyright Bill Unlikely In This Government?
Russell McOrmond yesterday pointed to the fact that the Canadian Copyright Bill has been put on the notice paper, but there appears to be no sign ...
$200,000 Lawsuit Successful – FTC Shuts Down Databroker Business in US
Selling phone numbers, among other personal data information, has just gotten legally more difficult recently. The FTC (Federal Trade Commission) has successfully sued a website that sells ...
US State of the Union Address – Give Telecoms Immunity
The debate over whether or not telecommunication companies should be given retroactive immunity for wiretaps has been one of the hottest topics in the American technology industry today. In ...
Tomorrow the FBI will be able to wiretap all internet users
Today is the official deadline for compliance with the FCC's new interpretation of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act(CALEA).
Cable modem companies, DSL providers, broadband over powerline, ...
Privacy & Private Copying Levies
Levies are a way of compensating copyrights holders for the fact that people copy music for non-commercial purposes in their homes, a phenomenon known as “private copying.” For reasons I’ll ...
Apple abandons effort to unmask leaker
Apple Computer has abandoned a high-profile legal effort to unmask whoever leaked details about a still-unreleased music accessory.
The company's deadline to continue a legal battle to find out who leaked ...
Microsoft Adds Privacy Folder To Windows
Microsoft has released an add-on to Windows XP that creates a password-protected "My Private Folder" for storing private documents and files. Some enterprise administrators immediately objected.
Microsoft Private Folder 1.0, which ...
US government funds social network snooping
The US government is funding research into social networking sites and how to gather and store personal data published on them, according to the New Scientist magazine.
At the same time, ...
AT&T revises privacy policy, says owns customer data
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T - news) said on Wednesday it was revising its privacy policy, explaining to customers that it owns their phone records and can hand them over to law ...
NSA has massive database of Americans’ phone calls
The National Security Agency has been secretly collecting the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans, using data provided by AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth, people with direct knowledge ...
