Laura Clark reports: Town hall snoopers are dealt a blow today by a landmark ruling in favour of parents who were spied on 21 times using anti-terror laws to check they lived in a school catchment area. A tribunal will rule that Poole Borough Council was acting illegally when it put Jenny Paton, Tim Joyce…
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NZ: Growing concern over tracking devices lead to call for new legislation
Nicky Hager of Stuff reports, “Spies target animal rights campaigners:” An Auckland private investigation firm has been caught out after it attached a sophisticated tracking device to a political campaigner’s car – but left the device visible from outside the vehicle. The GPS tracking device, which used a mobile phone connection to report the car’s…
Atkinson to ask privacy commissioner not to cut access to Go Cards
Courtney Trenwith reports: Queensland Police will appeal to the state’s privacy commissioner not to sever their access to Brisbane commuters’ movements recorded on Go Cards. Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson said officers had used the information ‘‘lawfully and appropriately’’ and should be allowed to continue to do so. brisbanetimes.com.au exclusively revealed last week police are tapping…
U.A.E. Is to Bar BlackBerry E-Mail Over Security Issues
Joseph Berger reports: The United Arab Emirates, long regarded as one of the most business friendly economies in the Middle East, announced Sunday that starting in October it will prevent BlackBerry owners from sending and receiving e-mail and other messages and browsing the Internet because the security-minded government cannot adequately monitor those features on the…