Greece’s parliament has approved measures allowing police to use surveillance camera footage and create a DNA database, angering opposition parties that say the new powers will trample on people’s privacy. The measures by the conservative government follow massive riots in December and a surge in bombings and shooting attacks by domestic militant groups. Read more…
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Privacy Commish: Facebook has privacy gaps
The popular social networking site Facebook is not doing enough to protect the personal information it gets from subscribers, and it gives users confusing and incomplete information about privacy matters, Canada’s privacy commissioner said on Thursday. “It’s clear that privacy issues are top of mind for Facebook, and yet we found serious privacy gaps in…
Check cc details to reduce insurance fraud
An insurance company is implementing a series of measure, including checking an industry database for mismatches in credit card details, in order to cut down on fraudulent claims. The move follows the release of the latest ABI figures which show insurance fraud has increased by nearly a quarter in the past two years. New recruits…
Researcher: Blackberry update spies on users
A BlackBerry update that a United Arab Emirates service provider pushed out to its customers contains U.S.-made spyware that would allow the company or others to siphon and read their e-mail and text messages, according to a researcher who examined it. The update was billed as a “performance-enhancement patch” by the UAE-based phone and internet…