Ellen Nakashima reports: American-made devices used for Internet monitoring have been detected on government and commercial computer networks in Iran and Sudan, in apparent violation of U.S. sanctions that ban the sale of goods, services or technology to the autocratic states, according to new research. Several of the devices, manufactured by California-based Blue Coat Systems,…
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Agreements with private companies protect U.S. access to cables’ data for surveillance
Craig Timberg and Ellen Nakashima report: The U.S. government had a problem: Spying in the digital age required access to the fiber-optic cables traversing the world’s oceans, carrying torrents of data at the speed of light. And one of the biggest operators of those cables was being sold to an Asian firm, potentially complicating American…
Canada: Enforcement Of Privacy Policy In Steel v. Coast Capital Savings Credit Union
Larry Page of Davis LLP discusses a case in which an employee was fired for cause for snooping/improper accessing of a file: In a recent decision of the British Columbia Supreme Court, the Court upheld the termination for cause of a help desk analyst in the IT department who had been employed for over 20…
FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges Against HTC America Inc.
Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that HTC America Inc. failed to take reasonable steps to secure the software it developed for its smartphones and tablet computers, introducing security flaws that placed sensitive information about millions of consumers at risk. The settlement with HTC America, announced by the…