The Met Police has made record requests for data on London commuters, a majority of whom use Oyster smartcards, the Green Party has said. Transport for London (TfL) figures show the Met made 6,576 requests in 2010, but it was turned down 810 times. Noel Lynch, chairman of London Green Party, called for “rigorous safeguards…
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Wholesale seizure of activist e-communications service provider’s data
On 6 November 2010, on request from the Italian police, the Norwegian police seized the data on the Norwegian servers of Autistici/Inventati (A/I) “a group of people who mantain and develop electronic communication services for individuals, associations, informal groups and movements and, among their particular aims, defend the freedom of expression and privacy” by confiscating…
Swiss bank investigated after freezing WikiLeaks account
Agence France-Presse reports: Swiss authorities are investigating if the banking arm of Swiss Post violated secrecy rules by divulging that it had closed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s account, media reported on Sunday. “We are investigating if, in relation to the Postfinance press statement, there has been punishable action,” Hermann Wenger, examining magistrate of the Bern-Mittelland…
False Facebook Profile – French court awards damages
A French Court has awarded €1,500 privacy damages against a person who created a false Facebook profile of a French actor and comedian. On 24 November 2010, the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris gave judgment in the case of Omar S v Alexandre P. The applicant was Omar Sy a well known television actor and comedian….