A draft amendment of the Coercive Measures Act would give the police the power to install so-called spyware on a suspect’s computer, the Finnish News Agency (STT) has learnt. Spyware commonly refers to software installed on a computer without the user’s consent. If passed the law would effectively authorise the police to break or hack…
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Jamaica: Nelson tackled on privacy rights stance
Gary Spaulding reports: The conditions under which the communications of Jamaicans can be intercepted were the subject of a passionate exchange between Minister of National Security Dwight Nelson and Patrick Atkinson, the attorney representing the former holder of that Cabinet portfolio, Dr Peter Phillips, at yesterday’s sitting of the Manatt-Dudus commission of enquiry. Lawyers representing…
US Ambassador Says Kosovo Media Violated His Privacy
Balkan Insight writes: Ambassador Dell has sent an open letter to Kosovo’s Independent Media Commission, IMC, calling on it to investigate whether the country’s press code of conduct had been violated. Dell asked the IMC in Pristina to look at whether Kohavision, a private television station, broke the code of conduct by broadcasting him talking…
Jakarta Court Deals a Blow to Wiretap Investigations
Arientha Primanita reports: The Constitutional Court on Thursday struck down a contentious decree governing the use of wiretaps, calling it a violation of human rights and making it more difficult for law enforcers to carry out such surveillance. At issue in the review of the regulation that enforces an article of the 2008 Law on…