The National Security Agency is facing renewed scrutiny over the extent of its domestic surveillance program, with critics in Congress saying its recent intercepts of the private telephone calls and e-mail messages of Americans are broader than previously acknowledged, current and former officials said. The agency’s monitoring of domestic e-mail messages, in particular, has posed…
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Germany settles with Google over Street View
Germany has settled a dispute with internet giant Google over its Street View facility, meaning that photos of homes, shops and offices in Europe’s biggest nation will soon appear on Google Maps, an official said Wednesday. Although users of the website can currently see snapshots of British, French and other European streets, Germany has been…
Indiana Sues ‘Robo-Call’ Violator
WIBC reports that Indiana’s Attorney General’s has filed a lawsuit against Texas-based Association Health Care Management, Inc. over robo-calls. Indiana has a state Auto Dialer Act that requires that a live operator obtain the consumer’s permission before playing the recorded message. This is not the first time that Association Health Care Management, Inc. has run…
UK: Tories ‘will end Big Brother state’
The Conservatives have pledged to roll back the “Big Brother” state by curbing Government snooping powers and databases. Shadow security minister Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones said the Tories would review powers used by local authorities and draw back the “database state”. […] In a speech to public sector leaders in London on Tuesday, she will say:…