Giving individuals the right to force organisations to delete the personal information they store them about would be misleading, unenforceable and have “implications” for free speech, the UK’s data protection watchdog said. “The framework should strengthen individual rights to object to and block processing, and to have their data deleted, and reverse the burden of…
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Hewlett-Packard Computers Underpin Syria Surveillance Project
Vernon Silver reports: Hewlett-Packard Co. equipment worth more than $500,000 has been installed in computer rooms in Syria, underpinning a surveillance system being built to monitor e-mails and Internet use, according to documents from the deal and a person familiar with the installation. The gear made by Palo Alto, California-based Hewlett- Packard would run a…
Think You Can Hide, Anonymous Blogger? Two Words: Google Analytics
Andy Baio writes Last month, an anonymous blogger popped up on WordPress and Twitter, aiming a giant flamethrower at Mac-friendly writers like John Gruber, Marco Arment and MG Siegler. As he unleashed wave after wave of spittle-flecked rage at “Apple puppets” and “Cupertino douchebags,” I was reminded again of John Gabriel’s theory about the effects of…
EU parliamentarians speak out over gag order on data deal
Jennifer Baker reports: A leading Member of the European Parliament (MEP) has said that she will not be silenced on the shortcomings of a new deal to pass European airline travelers’ information to the United States. Dutch Liberal MEP Sophie In’t Veld made the comments on Friday after the European Commission issued a press release…