London’s Metropolitan Police force claims that terrorism legislation gives police officers the right to view photos taken on mobile phones or cameras and to sieze equipment. The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) disputes the accuracy of the advice. Read more on Out-Law.com Related: The Met’s interpretation of the law
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Government info, Data.gov and privacy implications
… The government collects and produces information across sectors as diverse as scientific research and internal government functioning. Information is collected about economic indicators, health, product recalls, and government services such as Medicaid. Many databases are already made available in processed formats, but not in raw form. Different data sets will have different qualitative privacy…
Irish bill requires telephone data retained 2 years
Ireland’s Justice Minister, Dermot Ahern TD, has published a Bill that will require the retention of all telephone and internet data for a minimum of two years to facilitate criminal investigations. The Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2009 will enable a member of An Garda Síochána not below the rank of chief superintendent to instruct…
U.S. and UBS in negotiations
UBS AG, the largest Swiss bank by assets, is in talks with the U.S. government to settle a lawsuit seeking the names of 52,000 American account holders suspected of using Swiss secrecy laws to evade taxes. The bank agreed with the U.S. and Swiss governments to seek a settlement and postpone an evidentiary hearing [on…