If you’re a long-time reader of this blog, this will come as no surprise to you, as I’ve been covering Max Mosley’s privacy litigation for years. Now AFP reports: A German court ruled on Friday that Google must block photos of a sadomasochistic orgy involving former Formula One boss Max Mosley. The court said the…
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Google and Verizon report explosion in government data requests, heavy reliance on metadata spying
SOSadmin writes: Google and Verizon have released relatively detailed transparency reports, showing for the first time how many subpoenas, court orders, search warrants, and wiretap orders they received during the first six months of 2013 and the year, respectively. The results confirm what we already knew: When law enforcement officials can obtain our private records without warrants, they…
Microsoft to store foreign customer data outside US to prevent NSA snooping
Danny Palmer reports: Microsoft will allow non-US customers to store their personal information on servers outside of North America in a move arguably made in an attempt to regain client trust following the National Security Agency (NSA) snooping revelations. The extent of mass surveillance, leaked by whistle-blower and former NSA IT contractor Edward Snowden, meant…
FTC Settles with Twelve Companies Falsely Claiming to Comply with International Safe Harbor Privacy Framework
The following is a press release from the Federal Trade Commission: Twelve U.S. businesses have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they falsely claimed they were abiding by an international privacy framework known as the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor that enables U.S. companies to transfer consumer data from the European Union to the United…