Following up on an earlier blog entry where I wondered whether reports of surveillance might lead to an international flap, let the games begin: A Swedish prosecutor announced plans on Monday to open a formal investigation into the legality of information gathering activities carried out by the US embassy in Stockholm. Sweden’s chief prosecutor on…
Category: Non-U.S.
Ca: Level of privacy protection under attack
David Canton writes: When it comes to the protection of privacy, Canada’s federal agencies have some serious changes to make. In its 2009-2010 annual report on the Privacy Act, Canada’s Office of the Privacy Commissioner exposed significant deficiencies in privacy protection by a slew of federal agencies. The privacy commissioner examined five major federal entities,…
Don’t trust Google with anti-terror database, UK privacy watchdog warns
Murad Ahmed reports: Google cannot be trusted to help manage Britain’s new anti-terror database, the UK Government’s privacy watchdog said yesterday. Records of all communications, including e-mails, text messages and the use of Facebook, Twitter and Skype, will kept by the company and internet service providers for at least 12 months under a scheme being…
NZ: Search & Surveillance Bill goes too far, EPMU
From their press release: The government’s Search & Surveillance Bill goes too far in extending search and seizure powers to allow the police to order journalists to hand over documents and reveal the identity of their sources, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU). These powers were recently used by the SFO to order…