When the Bozeman City recently rescinded its policy of requiring job applicants to provide their login details to social media sites, it might have seemed to be the end of that poorly thought-out policy. But the policy was in effect for three years, and now the Bozeman City Commission has voted to begin an investigation…
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Warrantless searches: MySpace, Yahoo and ATT
An email purporting to be from Mike Duffey, Special Agent, Florida Department of Law Enforcement Computer Crime Center, to the ICAC Task Force mailing list was posted on Wikileaks.org. The email is reportedly from June 2009. The full header is not provided: From: Duffey, Mike Sent: None To: ICAC.Task.Force Subject: RE: Att refuses legal process…
Fury at Rwanda sterilisation bill
Rwanda is being urged to drop a draft law which would forcibly sterilise people who are mentally disabled. US-based campaign group Human Rights Watch said the proposed law was deeply flawed and violated the government’s obligation to uphold human rights. It also requires people to have an HIV test before getting married. Read more on…
ID cards ‘will never be compulsory’ for Britons
Alan Johnson signalled a major retreat by the Government on identity cards when he ruled out ever making them compulsory for UK citizens. The Home Secretary also abandoned plans for a pilot project at two airports which would have required some staff and pilots to carry the cards. The schemes for new workers wishing to…