Ian Grant reports: The Canadian International Development Research Centre has awarded a $1m contract to UK-based civil rights campaign group Privacy International to set up an Asian privacy network. Announcing the deal at Privacy International’s 20th anniversary celebration in London, executive director Simon Davies said the network would include Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines…
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Slovak manager to sue Deutsche Telekom over spying
A Slovak Telekom employee who was one of the targets of Deutsche Telekom snooping activities in Eastern Europe plans to sue the Germany’s telecoms giant for breach of privacy, his lawyer said Monday. Slovak Telekom security chief Frantisek Gaulieder, a former lawmaker, was among the people spied on by Deutsche Telekom AG, the Sme daily…
Nottingham cops declare war on kids
Cary Doctorow writes: Police in Nottingham, England declared war on youth on Saturday night: anyone between 13-24 getting off a bus into town was sent through a metal-detector, and the streets were swarmed with drug-dogs that were set on young people. Something like 90% of urban England Over 1,000 English cities and towns have a…
UK: Brown to put all Britons online
From the whatever-he’s-smoking-I’d-like-some-please dept. Brian Ferguson reports: Every person in Britain would get their own personalised website under plans by Gordon Brown to save billions of pounds by creating a paperless state. Online transactions are proposed for everything from claiming benefits and paying council tax to passport applications. However, the move, due to be rolled…