Robert Halfon, The MP who will today ask the Commons to curb Google’s powers, writes: A hot summer’s day in North London and families are enjoying picnics in a garden square, the younger children running gleefully around in the sunshine with no clothes on. A pleasant enough scene, except that months later it’s revealed that…
Category: Non-U.S.
Calling all Freedom Fighters – Parliament debate on ‘Privacy and the Internet’ tomorrow open to public
Calling all Freedom Fighters! Tomorrow (Thursday 28th October) there is a very exciting debate taking place in Westminster Hall in Parliament. The debate will discuss ‘Privacy and the Internet’ and it is expected that there will be a particular focus on Google. The debate is open to the public and we urge as many of you as…
Upskirt Filmer Terrorizes Canadian University
Kashmir Hill has more on the news story out of Dalhousie where someone is surreptitiously videotaping females and uploading the videos to the web: … CBC News quenched my prurient thirst by revealing the culprit as YouTube user “LeggingSpy.” As the name suggests, he or she likes to surreptitiously film women in leggings. Due to…
Sweden to extend police powers on data access
The Swedish government wants to extend the powers of police and prosecutors to access personal details from internet service providers in cases of less serious offences such as filesharing, libel and grooming. Currently, ISPs may be required to hand over IP address and personal details of customers suspected of crimes subject to custodial sentences, but…