A popular Chinese online chat service is believed to have scanned users’ personal information. A group of Chinese lawyers has said they will file a privacy lawsuit over one of China’s most popular online chat programs, following complaints that the service had scanned confidential information on users’ computers. The allegations were reported in the official…
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UK: The right against self-incrimination is not a right to remain encrypted
A teenager has been jailed for 16 weeks after he refused to give police the password to his computer. Oliver Drage, 19, of Liverpool, was arrested in May 2009 by police tackling child sexual exploitation. Police seized his computer but could not access material on it as it had a 50-character encryption password. Drage was…
Canadian Privacy Commissioner troubled by poor computer disposal practices and lack of controls for wireless devices in government
The federal government’s use of handheld communications devices and its practices for disposing of unneeded paper documents and surplus computers could expose the personal information of Canadians to unauthorized disclosure, Privacy Commissioner of Canada Jennifer Stoddart has warned. The findings, stemming from two separate privacy audits conducted by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of…
UK: High court grants BT customer data delay
Josh Halliday reports: BT has today been granted a stay of execution in its bid to challenge attempts of rights holders to obtain personal details about customers without convincing evidence of illicit file sharing. Chief master Winegarten granted BT an adjournment to a court order brought by solicitors’ firm Gallant Macmillan, acting on behalf of…