As an ex-Brit, I’m well aware of the authorities’ love of surveillance and snooping, but even I, a pessimistic cynic, am amazed by the governments latest plan: to install Orwell’s telescreens in 20,000 homes. £400 million ($668 million) will be spend on installing and monitoring CCTV cameras in the homes of private citizens. Why? To…
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Deutsche Bank sued over spying
Deutsche Bank AG shareholder Michael Bohndorf, who was spied on by detectives the bank hired, sued the lender and its chairman Clemens Boersig over the investor- espionage affair. …. The action seeks to make Deutsche Bank and Boersig reveal the findings of an internal investigation into possible privacy-law violations, according to the 25 page complaint…
Impersonation by National Insurance inspectors legal
The Tel Aviv District Labor Court has ruled that it is permissible for National Insurance Institute investigators to impersonate the employees of a public body and photographing a person who has applied for, or receives, a disability pension, in order to verify that person’s true medical condition. Read more on Globes.
Gibtelecom: Come back with a warrant
The Royal Gibraltar Police has been demanding that Gibtelecom supply them with subscriber information without a court order or search warrant. Gibtelecom have refused. Contacted by PANORAMA, chief executive officer Tim Bristow said that Gibtelecom, like its predecessors Nynex and Gibtel, “have only ever provided the Police with access to subscribers’ telecommunications data on the…