From The Local (Se): Swedish Justice Minister Beatrice Ask confirmed on Saturday said that the US embassy in Sweden has undertaken similar surveillance measures as those in Norway. Norway demanded an explanation from the US on Thursday after a television documentary alleged the US embassy in Oslo had conducted illegal surveillance of hundreds of Norwegian…
Category: Non-U.S.
More trouble for Street View in Germany?
Jeremy Kirk reports: Google is facing fresh complaints over Street View in Germany, after technical proble to be visible rather than blurred in a preview of the service launched earlier this weekms caused some properties. Users of Apple iPads and iPhones found that the blurring was not complete on their devices, said Johannes Caspar, head…
Brussels blocks UK from biometric superdatabase
Chris Williams reports: European judges have rejected an attempt by British security officials to gain access to a huge new store of visa application data being set up to combat illegal immigration, organised crime and terrorism. The government went to court to force the EU to allow agencies such as MI5, SOCA and the UK…
UK judge who unmasked John Terry says another Premier League star has no right to anonymity
A Premier League footballer is set to be unmasked by the senior High Court judge who lifted the super injunction banning the naming of England and Chelsea star John Terry. Mr Justice Tugendhat ruled today that the player, who claimed his human ‘right to privacy’ would be breached if he was named, should be named….