Jeremy Kirk reports: IT consultant Jens Best is preparing to upend the debate over Google’s Street View mapping program, which has run into fierce criticism from data protection officials. Google launched an online tool this week that lets people living in some 20 cities where Street View is due to launch later this year to…
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UK: TalkTalk defends monitoring while critics claim it violates law
Dean Wilson reports more on the controversy concerning TalkTalk: TalkTalk has today issued a statement defending its recent action of spying on customers, reiterating its assertion that its website tracker is only part of its anti-malware program, not an attempt to invade users’ privacy. It said that its approach is designed to make the internet…
New Law to Stop Companies from Checking Facebook Pages in Germany
Good news for jobseekers who like to brag about their drinking exploits on Facebook: A new law in Germany will stop bosses from checking out potential hires on social networking sites. They will, however, still be allowed to google applicants. […] According to reports in the Monday editions of the Die Welt and Süddeutsche Zeitung…
Security Researcher Arrested for Refusing to Disclose Anonymous Source
Marcia Hofmann writes: An Indian computer scientist was arrested this weekend when he refused to disclose an anonymous source who provided an electronic voting machine to a team of security researchers. Hari Prasad is the managing director of Netindia Ltd., an Indian research and development firm. He and other researchers have long questioned the security…