Euronews reports: More than 10,000 people have been demonstrating on the streets of Berlin to demand better personal data protection. Under the banner “freedom not fear”, as many as 167 organisations including unions, journalists and artists’ groups marched through the German capital. The protest follows a the passing of a law allowing authorities to monitor…
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Treatment of Alan Turing was “appalling” – PM
UK Prime Minister released a statement concerning the treatment of mathematician and code-breaker Alan Turing, who following WWII was convicted of a homosexual relationship and forced to choose between prison and chemical castration. Turing committed suicide two years later. In recent months, a public petition called upon the government to apologize for the way Turing…
FTC approves final consent order in Sears tracking software case
The Federal Trade Commission has approved a final consent order in the matter of Sears Holdings Management Corporation, following a public comment period, and authorized the staff to provide responses to the commenters of record. According to the FTC’s administrative complaint, Sears represented to consumers that software it was placing on their computers would track…
National coalition of authors urge rejection of Google Book Search deal
From EFF: A coalition of authors and publishers—including best-sellers Michael Chabon, Jonathan Lethem, and technical author Bruce Schneier—is urging a federal judge to reject the proposed settlement in a lawsuit over Google Book Search, arguing that the sweeping agreement to digitize millions of books ignores critical privacy rights for readers and writers. The group of…