A police officer could be sacked after using his work system to track down the man his girlfriend was having an affair with. Nicholas Hallam was suspended from his job with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in December, and has been warned there is a good chance he may not be allowed to return to…
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Ireland Is Latest With Plan to Cut Into Copyright Violations
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,…
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…