The identity of people making anonymous phone calls must be disclosed to the receiver by telecom companies as the public interest in such cases overrides the privacy clause, the Central Information Commission has held. The case relates to a resident of Kanpur, Hari Shanker Gupta, who was getting calls from two anonymous numbers on his…
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UK: Information Commissioner announces outcome of Google Street View investigation
Once again, Google escapes serious consequences over its capture personal information from unsecured wi-fi connections. The press release from the ICO: Google UK will be subject to an audit and must sign an undertaking to ensure data protection breaches do not occur again or they will face enforcement action, Information Commissioner Christopher Graham said today….
UK: Crawley council workers have been “snooping” through residents’ rubbish
Chris Ballinger reports: Council workers have been going through Crawley residents’ rubbish to check up on how much we recycle. Researchers have been rooting through bins in Broadfield, Gossops Green and Pound Hill on collection days. Gary Ellard spotted that his garbage was being sifted through in Hillmead, Gossops Green, last Tuesday. The 31-year-old said:…
German Street View goes live with enhanced privacy
BBC reports: The first images via Google’s Street View service in Germany are live after months of wrangling over privacy. The first town to be mapped on the service is Oberstaufen, in Bavaria. Germany is the first country to have negotiated with Google to allow citizens to opt out before the service goes live. Almost…