Rosalie Marshall reports: UK privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has asked Google to delete the private Wi-Fi data it has collected from homes and businesses. Google admitted last week that it is holding the so-called ‘pay-load’ data, which includes Wi-Fi network names, MAC addresses and samples of information sent over networks. […] The…
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UK’s secret surveillance regime does not breach human rights, rules ECHR
The European Court of Human Rights has rejected a claim that the UK’s Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) violates the human right to a private life. The UK’s rules and safeguards on covert surveillance are proportionate, said the court. The case concerned Malcolm Kennedy, a London businessman who was arrested for drunkenness in December…
Rapist claims media breaching right to privacy
A serial rapist who is seeking court orders restraining publication of his address following his release from prison last year has told the High Court he does not want to cause trouble and simply wishes “to continue my rehabilitation, to live my life and hopefully integrate back into society”. He said the newspapers had been…
Google Faces German Deadline on Street View Data (Update1)
Kristen Schweizer and Claudia Rach report: Google Inc., the owner of the world’s largest search engine, was asked by Germany to provide details by May 26 on data it erroneously gathered for the Street View mapping service, deepening its European woes. “We need to see the used software to understand what was really saved,” Johannes…