Eric Pfanner reports: A judge in Ireland on Thursday cleared the way for the implementation of a crackdown on Internet piracy, dismissing the Irish Data Protection Commissioner’s concerns that the plan could result in the invasion of privacy. The judge upheld the legality of an agreement between Eircom, the largest Internet service provider in Ireland,…
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Devices must come with data-wipe function, says privacy regulator
EU law should force digital equipment manufacturers to include in devices an easy, free way to delete all personal data and should ban the sale of second hand goods that have not been properly wiped, the European privacy watchdog has said. The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) Peter Hustinx regulates EU organisations’ privacy practices and…
Now being a skeptic will expose you to police investigation?
Donna Bowater reports: The university embroiled in the scandal over leaked climate change emails has sparked outrage by handing the personal details of climate change sceptics (sic) to police. The University of East Anglia claimed it had been deluged with requests from sceptics under the Freedom of Information Act shortly before hacked emails were published…
UK: Police stop and search rockets 66%
Chris Cheesman reports: Police carried out 66% more stops and searches under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act in 2008/2009 than the year before, government figures show today. Amateur Photographer (AP) magazine can reveal that police made 210,013 stops and searches under the controversial anti-terrorism legislation in 2008/2009. However, only 0.6% of searches led to…