The Allegheny County District Attorney’s office wrongly charged a man with violating state wiretap law for recording police with a cell phone, the American Civil Liberties Union claimed in a federal lawsuit Thursday. The ACLU said law enforcement agents in Pennsylvania, Allegheny County in particular, have been misapplying the wiretap law. “Unfortunately, many Pennsylvania law…
Category: Govt
Council speed cameras ‘unlawful’
Manchester City Council has been unlawfully prosecuting motorists based on evidence from surveillance cameras, according celebrity lawyer Nick Freeman. Known as ‘Mr Loophole’ for his success in getting people off motoring offences, he says that four cameras in the city centre and university district are used to “illegally raise revenue”. He says: “It is totally…
Taxman wins right to see details of 500,000 offshore bank accounts
The names and bank details of up to 500,000 wealthy Britons holding money in offshore saving accounts will be passed to HM Revenue and Customs after the tax authority won an important court ruling yesterday. The Special Commissioners, the UK’s top tax court, ordered more than 300 UK and foreign banks to hand over details…
China will not enforce Green Dam porn filter plan
China said Thursday it will not force PC makers to bundle an Internet filtering program with computers sold in the country, backing down from a plan that stirred global controversy. China will “definitely not” require the program, called Green Dam, to be packaged with all consumer PCs, said Li Yizhong, China’s Minister of Industry and…