An amended version of Sweden’s controversial new signals intelligence law was passed in the Riksdag on Wednesday, with 158 members voting in favour and 153 against. Liberal Party member of parliament Camilla Lindberg abstained, making her the only MP from the governing centre-right coalition not to vote in favour of the law. But the opposition…
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AU: Banks to spy on your bills under proposed changes to Privacy Act
Nick Gardner reports: Consumers will have black marks lodged on their credit files for missing just one utility bill or credit card repayment under proposed changes to the Privacy Act. The controversial proposals will give banks carte blanche to view every aspect of our financial affairs, including accounts with other institutions, relationships with utility companies,…
Sweden: Wiretapping law prompts heated Riksdag debate
Parliamentary debate kicked off in Sweden’s Riksdag on Wednesday, as politicians once again argued over a controversial signals intelligence law. “Are we really, in a democratic country, going to implement a system which entails wire tapping the masses?” the Left Party’s Alice Åström asked her colleagues in the Riksdag, according to the Svenska Dagbladet (SvD)…
Schwarzenegger vetoes Simitian’s privacy protection bill
Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed State Senator Joe Simitian’s (D-Palo Alto) Senate Bill 20. The bill would have strengthened and updated California’s landmark privacy protection law that requires businesses and state agencies to notify residents when sensitive personal information is lost or stolen from their databases. “I’m surprised as well as disappointed by the Governor’s veto,“ said…