Chris Calabrese, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office, writes: Wow. Sometimes one word says it all. The New York Times reports that in response to letters from Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) and Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX), mobile phone providers disclosed that they received approximately 1.2 million law enforcement requests for customer records last year alone. What an extraordinary…
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Privacy risk from ads in apps rising: security firm
Tarmo Virki reports: Some advertising networks have over the last year started to secretly collect app users contacts or whereabouts, and could now have access to 80 million smartphones globally, U.S.-based mobile security firm LookOut said. Over 80 million apps have been downloaded which carry aggressive ads and the problem was rising, LookOut said as…
UK: Gah! EU data protection will STIFLE business, moans gov.UK
From Out-Law.com, via El Reg: The European Commission has not calculated the full costs to businesses of changes to the EU data protection regime, the Government has said. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said that the Commission’s assessment on the impact its draft General Data Protection Regulation would have on businesses does “not properly quantify…
Amid Privacy Backlash, Cisco Says It’s Not Logging Your Web History
Jordan Robertson reports: Imagine if Microsoft pushed an update to your computer that started recording everything you write in Word and shipped it back to Redmond. Or if the phone on your desk was upgraded to send details of your calls not only to the telecommunications provider, but also to the handset maker. That’s what…