Lauren Riley reports: Liverpool City Council staff are taking on the role of Big Brother after being given the power to snoop on people on sites such as Facebook for “enforcement purposes”. The review of staff at Liverpool City Council found that the use of social networking sites was “appropriate” and those using these mediums…
Category: Govt
Revisions to cybersecurity bill incorporate more privacy protections
Encouraging news: both the ACLU and EFF say proposed amendments to the cybersecurity bill, S. 2105, address privacy concerns. Michelle Richardson of the ACLU writes that the proposed changes would: Ensure that companies who share cybersecurity information with the government give it directly to civilian agencies, and not to military agencies like the National Security…
Internet privacy is focus of Gansler as head of U.S. attorneys general
Len Lazarick reports: You’re walking down the street and you get a text message on your smartphone about the Chipotle restaurant around the corner. That’s interesting. How did they know you liked Chipotle? And wait a minute. How did they know where you were? That’s an example Attorney General Doug Gansler gave in an interview…
DHS emergency power extended, including control of private telecom systems
Shaun Waterman reports: The Obama administration has given the Department of Homeland Security powers to prioritize government communications over privately owned telephone and Internet systems in emergencies. An executive order signed June 6 “gives DHS the authority to seize control of telecommunications facilities, including telephone, cellular and wireless networks, in order to prioritize government communications over private ones in an emergency,”…