TJ McIntyre calls our attention to an important opinion: This time last year I blogged about Bonnier Audio v. Perfect Communication, the Swedish case which questioned whether data retained under the Data Retention Directive could be used in litigation to identify users accused of infringing copyright. In that case five audiobook companies brought an action against Perfect…
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UK: Judges advise against too tightly defining privacy
Rachel McAthy reports: Leading judges today advised a parliamentary committee against trying to too “tightly” define areas of privacy law, suggesting instead that it “would be better to leave it to judges in the main”. Appearing before the joint committee on privacy and injunctions, Sir Nicholas Wall, president of the family division of the high…
Follow Your Heart: Darpa’s Quest to Find You by Your Heartbeat
Adam Rawnsley reports: The U.S. military can see you breathing on the other side of that wall. It can even see your heartbeat racing while you crouch behind the door. But if you think running farther away or hiding in a crowd will make you invisible to the Defense Department’s sensors, you might be in…
The Surveillance Catalog: Where governments get their tools
From the WSJ: Documents obtained by The Wall Street Journal open a rare window into a new global market for the off-the-shelf surveillance technology that has arisen in the decade since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The techniques described in the trove of 200-plus marketing documents include hacking tools that enable governments to…