Chad Skelton reports: The Vancouver police department’s plans to use automatic licence-plate readers to track gangsters’ movements could have a real impact on gang violence, according to one of the first U.S. police departments to deploy the technology. “It’s been great for us and, looking at what they want to do in Vancouver, I think…
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After Radia tapes, India’s govt works on a privacy law
The same government that demands encryption keys from businesses like Google and RIM – India – is also reportedly working on creating national privacy laws. Maneesh Chhibber reports: Worried about the negative impact of the leakage of intercepted conversations, the Centre has begun working on codifying privacy laws in the country. The new law will…
Google won’t share encryption keys with Indian sleuths
Google Inc will not share the encryption keys of its email service with Indian security agencies as it would compromise the privacy rights of millions of Gmail users worldwide, a top company executive said. The Union home ministry, intelligence agencies and the telecom department are collectively exploring mandatory sharing of software by all communication service…
Japanese woman sues Google for displaying images of underwear
Julian Ryall reports: A Japanese woman is suing Google for displaying images of underwear hanging on her washing line on its Street View function. The woman, who has not been named, is suing the internet giant for 600,000 Yen (£4,588) claiming the images caused her psychological distress, according to Japan’s Mainichi newspaper. The first hearing…