Techtalk writes: Indian government’s hunger for e-surveillance as well as the pressure from the industrial bodies for weak and ineffective cyber laws is costing Indians their privacy and data protection law. The truth is that privacy rights in India are at sale. The e-surveillance projects include unique identification project of India (UID project) or Aadhar project…
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China Revises State Secrets Law: State Asks Internet and Phone Firms for More Complicity in Censorship
Meggin Thwing Eastman writes: On October 1, a revised version of China’s State Secrets Law went into effect. Although little reported in the West, the revised law has serious implications for information and communications technology companies operating in China. The update includes an article holding network operators and internet service providers (ISPs) responsible for censoring…
Brazilians will be forced to use RFID chips and GPS trackers in their cars
Brazil‘s government, behind the facade of open democracy, continues to advance its way as one of the most autoritarian police states in the world. Brazilian population will be forced very soon to have in their cars identification chips (RFID), besides GPS locators and blockers. According to several news , the brazilian government hurries to show until…
UK: Government slammed for computer privacy approach
Andrea Petrou writes: Big Brother Watch has spoken out against plans to implement changes to the e-privacy directive, which the government claims will strengthen privacy regulations in the online world. Alex Deane, director at the privacy organisation has also slammed the way the government has let Google get away with its Wi-Fi data sharing mishap….