Keith Vass reports: One Kelowna parking enforcement officer is a real machine, capable of writing hundreds of tickets an hour. The city is among a growing number in B.C. using automated licence-plate recognition technology to nab anyone overstaying in time-limited zones. Whistler and North Vancouver have similar systems, and Victoria is shopping for one. The…
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EU legal threat stirs Home Office on interception opt-ins
Ian Grant reports: People who use the internet may have greater protection from electronic eavesdroppers following a consultation on changes to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA). The Home Office recommendations include an explicit opt-in for information exchanged between a sender and receiver to be intercepted by a third party, and a civil sanction…
Police access to encrypted files: Does the Anglo case show up a gap in the legislation?
TJ McIntyre has an interesting piece analyzing Irish law as it applies to compelling production of encryption keys: Here’s a snippet: … Irish law generally doesn’t require disclosure of passwords or private keys to police – see e.g. section 28 of theElectronic Commerce Act 2000. (This is in contrast to the position in the UK, where…
Irish farmer payment details withdrawn
Sean Mac Connell reports: Details of individual EU payments to Irish farmers were taken down from the Department of Agriculture’s website hours after a European Court of Justice decision on the issue. The court declared portions of the regulations, which forced member states to publish the amounts paid to individual farmers, were in breach of…