People could get off criminal charges because the phone system used at the Whangarei police station may have breached their Bill of Rights, a court has heard. Stephen Pugh, 51, is arguing that drink-driving charges against him should be dropped because the station’s phone system did not allow him to consult his lawyer properly. The…
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Dk: Minister scraps police’s passport plan
Several councils that have implemented an alternative passport issuance system to the one being developed by the National Police will now be allowed to keep that system, as the justice minister has scrapped the Pas 2.0 system. According to engineering news source Version2, justice minister Lars Barfoed has deemed the National Police’s long-overdue Pas 2.0…
Poll: Canadian businesses unconcerned about privacy breach risk
Most Canadian companies aren’t concerned about data breaches involving their customers’ personal information — even though these same companies report they are collecting and holding more personal information than ever before, according to the results of a poll released today. The poll conducted by EKOS for the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada found…
Ireland debuts Fone-a-Freetard lottery
Andrew Orlowski reports: A pilot scheme cracking down on copyright pirates is now underway in Ireland. But what’s it supposed to achieve, exactly? After reading the details you may be as puzzled as we are. The experiment is the result of an out of court settlement between the major labels and ISP Eircom last year,…