Chris Williams reports: A new website that would let internet users monitor CCTV cameras online has hit trouble before launch, with the data protection watchdog suggesting the idea could be illegal. Internet Eyes, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, plans to charge businesses £20 per month to have their security camera feeds monitored by its members, who would…
Category: Non-U.S.
UK: Supreme Court quashes ‘Draconian’ powers that allowed freezing of terror assets
Wow. Given how often we hear security used to justify trampling of human rights and civil liberties in the U.S., this court opinion out of the U.K. is refreshing. Francis Gibb of The Times reports: Ministers’ efforts to combat terrorism were dealt a fresh blow today when the UK’s highest court quashed measures to freeze…
Canadians wary of online privacy promises
Tomorrow is Data Privacy Day. Social networking sites have frequently been in the privacy news this past year, and now, not surprisingly, it seems that people don’t trust them on privacy. Sarah Schmidt of Canwest News Service reports: Only a tiny fraction of Canadians who use social networking sites actually trust the operators to keep…
UK: Report data breaches or risk tougher sanctions, warns the ICO
Statement from the Information Commissioner’s Office: Over 800 data security breaches have been reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in just over two years, the privacy watchdog announces today. The ICO is warning that organisations may face tougher sanctions if they fail to report security breaches which subsequently come to light. David Smith, Deputy…