Daniel Binns reports: A probe has been launched after confidential documents about a harassment investigation were apparently found on the pavement outside Loughton Police Station and then posted by a resident to all the people involved. The nine pages, which contain information about a case in which a man allegedly pestered his ex-partner with repeated…
Category: Non-U.S.
Cops back in on BT/Phorm case
Chris Williams reports: The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has called in City of London Police to assist as it decides whether to go to court over BT’s covert trials of Phorm’s web interception and profiling system. The City force ran the original criminal investigation into the trials, which saw tens of thousands of BT customers’…
Toronto woman sues Rogers after her affair is exposed
Betsy Powell reports: A Toronto woman says the billing practices of Rogers Wireless Inc. led to her husband discovering her extramarital affair. Now the woman, whose husband walked out, is suing the communications giant for $600,000 for alleged invasion of privacy and breach of contract, the results of which she says have ruined her life….
Gary McKinnon’s appeal gets new hope with new government
Gary McKinnon’s mother and supporters in the U.K. are hopeful that the new Lib-Con coalition government will reverse the decision of the previous government and block extraditing McKinnon to the U.S.. The U.S. wants McKinnon to stand trial here for hacking charges that date back to 2001 and 2002. Both candidates had said that they…