Elias Hazou reports: Debates on amending Article 17 of the Constitution, which would allow police to monitor electronic communications, has become bogged down in tricky legal terrain. The House Legal Affairs Committee has more or less agreed on the broad strokes of a draft bill. Under the proposed legislation, phone and Internet surveillance would be…
Category: Govt
Privacy advocates concerned about any Google-NSA collaboration
Yesterday, Ellen Nakashima of The Washington Post reported that: The world’s largest Internet search company and the world’s most powerful electronic surveillance organization are teaming up in the name of cybersecurity. Under an agreement that is still being finalized, the National Security Agency would help Google analyze a major corporate espionage attack that the firm…
Hong Kong: New body to scrutinise privacy watchdog
The Constitutional & Mainland Affairs Bureau says it supports the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data’s plan to form a group to enhance the body’s compliance and management work, and strengthen its governance. In response to the Legislative Council Public Accounts Committee’s report tabled in LegCo today, the bureau said it will monitor…
Liberties oversight panel gets short shrift
Eli Lake reports: President Obama is coming under pressure from Democrats and civil liberties groups for failing to fill positions on an oversight panel formed in 2004 to make sure the government does not spy improperly on U.S. citizens. The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board was recommended initially by the bipartisan September 11 commission…