The Italian government has drawn opposition fire for a controversial draft law on wiretapping rules, which will restrict the courts’ use of wiretapping. The bill, due for presentation before the Senate next week, will undermine anti-mafia efforts in the country, the opposition to the ruling right-wingers say. […] If adopted, the new bill will allow…
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UK: Councils use anti-terror powers to check for dog collars
Jasper Copping reports: Councils have used anti-terrorism laws to try to catch people donating goods outside charity shops and to make sure dogs are wearing collars. The investigations are among those uncovered in a survey by The Sunday Telegraph into the use by town halls of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) 2000. The…
Facebook likely headed to court over privacy concerns, critics say
Sarah Schmidt reports: Facebook likely will be hauled before a federal judge in Canada by the fall for thumbing its nose at the country’s privacy watchdog, online privacy experts predict. The furor over privacy settings and how the social networking shares personal information with outside companies has been growing for the past few months, with…
Workers concerned over privacy breach
David Hutton reports: A Saskatoon FedEx worker is concerned about a privacy breach where the addresses of about 25 local employees were leaked from Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) to the union trying to organize the global courier service. “It’s concerning,” said Tracy Gibson, a FedEx employee for 12 years. “If it’s that easy to get…