James Slack and Michael Seamark report: Stopping the extradition of Gary McKinnon to the U.S. may not be within the Government’s power, Nick Clegg suggested yesterday. The comment – his first intervention in the case since becoming Deputy Prime Minister – surprised supporters of the 44-year-old computer hacker because it was completely at odds with…
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Census workers can enter your apartment in your absence
Libertarian and former Congressman Bob Barr writes: … What many Americans don’t realize, is that census workers — from the head of the Bureau and the Secretary of Commerce (its parent agency) down to the lowliest and newest Census employee — are empowered under federal law to actually demand access to any apartment or any…
Fake ANZ Facebook profile may breach laws
Sarah Gerathy reports: Consumer rights advocates say ANZ bank employees may have breached privacy laws and the Trade Practices Act when they allegedly used Facebook to gather customers’ information. It is alleged that someone in the bank’s debt collection team secretly set up a fake Facebook profile. Using this false identity, they then befriended ANZ…
Google saves, secures Wi-Fi snooping data
Gregg Keizer reports: Google said that it has secured the data it obtained through its Street View Wi-Fi snooping, but will fight a class-action lawsuit’s demand that it turn over more information, court documents showed today. In a pair of filings to an Oregon federal court, Google said that it has copied all the data…