Miranda Bryant reports: London councils used anti-terror laws to snoop on residents more than 1,000 times in two years, it was revealed today. The figures, obtained by campaign group Big Brother Watch, also show that only 71 of the secret investigations under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act against Londoners between April 2008 and March…
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How ‘BT Sarah’ spies on your Facebook account
Jason Lewis reports: Some of Britain’s biggest firms were last night accused of ‘spying’ on their customers after they admitted ‘listening in’ on disgruntled conversations on the internet. The companies include BT, which uses specially developed software to scan for negative comments about it on websites including Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Budget airline easyJet, mobile-phone…
AU: Police investigate Google over Street View data
And now Australia piles on: Federal police have launched an investigation into Google and some of its employees for collecting private information while taking photographs for the Street View service. […] [Federal Attorney-General Robert] McClelland today said the data collection may have in breach of the Telecommunications Interceptions Act, “which prevents people accessing electronic communications…
Adoptees in Argentine DNA fight defend right to not know where they come from
Usually when I read a story about adoptees and privacy, the issue is the adoptees wanting to be able to determine their biological parents. Michael Warren of the Associated Press has an interview with some adoptees in Argentina who do not want to be forced to give DNA if it proves that their adoptive mother,…