The B.C. government is getting stiff opposition to proposed changes to privacy laws that would make it easier for public bodies such as the RCMP to gather and share personal information about residents of the province. A senior civil servant related told a legislative committee hearing this week that in some cases, lives could be…
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Israel Supreme Court: Talkbackers needn’t be exposed in libel cases
Nurit Roth reports: Surfers who post comments on Web sites scored a victory in Israel’s Supreme Court last week. The vice president of the country’s highest court, Eliezer Rivlin, and Justice Edmond Levy handed down a majority ruling that Internet service providers cannot be forced to disclose the identity of anonymous posters, even at the…
Computer repairer who stole clients’ photos jailed
A Kapiti Coast (NZ) computer repairer who took innocent family pictures from the computers of clients for his own use has been jailed for 2 1/2 years. Wellington District Court judge Bruce Davidson said yesterday there was a “disturbing and sinister complexion” to Ian Mead’s actions that made him recoil when shown samples by the…
Scotland Yard asks London Internet cafe owners to monitor their customers’ Web files
Raphael G. Satter of the Associated Press reports: Internet cafe users in the British capital may want to watch what they download. Scotland Yard is advising administrators of public Web spaces to periodically poke through their customers’ files and keep an eye out for suspicious activity. The Metropolitan Police said Thursday that the initiative —…