Google and its Swedish competitor hitta.se are the subject of escalating complaints about invasions of privacy, according to newspaper Syndsvenskan. The complaints centre on the search engines websites use of “streetviews” which zoom in on objects, including people, in extreme close-up, without the protection of annonymity enjoyed by other countries. Sydsvenskan writes that anyone hoping…
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500,000 EU computers can access private British data
Jamie Doward reports: Privacy campaigners expressed shock last night after it emerged that large amounts of confidential personal information held about British citizens on a giant computer network spanning the European Union could be accessed by more than 500,000 terminals. The figure was revealed in a Council of the European Union document examining proposals to…
Germany threatens Google over Street View
A German government minister has criticized internet giant Google for its Street View facility, which displays photos of streets and houses online, German media reported on Saturday. Consumer Protection Minister Ilse Aigner was investigating ‘legal steps and possible changes to the law,’ to prevent Google Street View from publishing images taken in Germany, she told…
AU: Net piracy fight takes body blow
Asher Moses reports: Hollywood studios and record labels are being forced to go back to the drawing board to come up with a new way of combating online piracy after the Federal Court ruled that internet service providers are not required to police copyright infringement on their networks. The music industry says it may have…