James Elsdon-Baker, an activist with the NO2ID campaign, has a good commentary on the recent review of a poorly conceived, poorly communicated, and even more poorly implemented surveillance plan in Birmingham. What U.S. readers will find particularly interesting are some of the statistics that he includes. Somewhat mind-boggling, to say the least. Here’s a snippet…
Category: Non-U.S.
Ca: Close those prying eyes at Veterans Affairs
Over on PHIprivacy.net, I’ve been covering a privacy breach involving the medical/psychiatric records of a veteran. The case has cause quite a stir in Canada with calls for additional measures and investigation. Here’s an editorial in today’s Globe and Mail: Sean Bruyea is a Canadian veteran of the Gulf War whose sensitive medical files…
U.S. tries to strong-arm Europe into making its citizens’ data available
Spiegel Online has published two articles in the past week on the tension between the EU and US in response to US demands for personal information: New US Demands for Information Angers European Parliament begins: US officials are demanding access to additional European police databases in their hunt for potential terrorists traveling to the US….
BlackBerry escapes blackout in UAE
Josh Halliday reports: BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) today won a reprieve on the threat of a blackout on its 500,000 smartphone users in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), just days before security agencies were due to enforce a ban on email, messaging and web browsing on the devices. After months of standoff between…