Nicole Kobie reports: The Information Commissioner’s Office and Google teamed up on their response to an MP’s complaint about the search giant’s Wi-Fi scandal, according to documents obtained by PC Pro under the Freedom of Information Act. […] After Google confessed the scraped data held more personal information than it first admitted, the ICO’s group…
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RIM buckles on India’s Blackberry encryption pressure
Research in Motion has bowed to the Indian government at last. It told the home ministry that it will comply with the 31 January deadline to provide a “final solution” – you what!? – for lawful access to its data services. This will be done by giving ministers access to the records over a cloud…
Do Not Track isn’t just about Behavioral Advertising
Arvind Narayanan writes: A frequent misconception of Do Not Track is that the goal is to prevent tracking by online advertisers. In fact, tracking is a much broader problem on the web, and our Do Not Track vision at Stanford, while principally aimed at “third-party” tracking, does not focus on specific industry segments. […] What…
CRTC announces that Bell Canada has paid a $1.3 million penalty for violating the National Do Not Call List Rules
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) today announced that it has reached a settlement with Bell Canada over the company’s unauthorized telemarketing practices. The CRTC has issued a notice of violation, and Bell Canada has paid an administrative monetary penalty of $1.3 million to the Receiver General for Canada. Between January and October of this year, calls were made to consumers…