Ben Woods reports: Indian authorities are unhappy with suggestions proposed by BlackBerry manufacturer Research In Motion in response to requests for access to encrypted device data, according to reports. The Indian Economic Times suggested on Friday that Research In Motion’s (RIM) proposals were not satisfactory to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). The proposals included DoT directly…
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UK judge: Van Morrison’s privacy trumps media coverage
UTV reports: Van Morrison has secured a High Court injunction banning the publication of a newspaper article about his private life. A judge also granted the Belfast-born singer’s application to stop the News of the World from printing photographs of him, his home and of businesswoman Gigi Lee. But Mr Justice Gillen declined to impose…
UK: Government u-turn may bring back revised ContactPoint children’s database
Antony Savvas reports: The government is considering bringing back a version of the controversial ContactPoint children’s database, just months after the original project was halted. The ContactPoint database project was launched by the previous Labour government, but the Tories vowed to scrap it if they won power, on the grounds that it was a potential security…
Case Note 218337 [2010] NZ Priv Cmr: Customer’s booking information disclosed on company website
A customer purchased travel related services from a company. The company sent him an email with a link to his booking details on its website. The customer noticed that the website url link ended with his booking number. He observed that by changing the booking number, he could view booking details for other customers. He…