Press Gazette reports that Google has lost a round in court as it was unable to get the High Court to dismiss Max Mosley’s lawsuit: The High Court has refused to block legal action brought by former Formula One boss Max Mosley (pictured, Reuters) over the continuing availability on Google of images of him at…
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New Illinois law gives schools access to students’ social media passwords? (Updated)
Kelley Hoskins reports: A new Illinois law aimed at stopping cyberbullying, gives schools access to kids (sic) social media accounts. Some say the law goes too far. Previously Illinois schools could take action against students if online bullying occurred, such as something posted on Twitter or Facebook during the school day. However, with the new law that Illinois legislators approved, school…
Germany’s Merkel urges new EU law on data retention
BBC reports: German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she will press for new EU rules soon on data retention, to help in the fight against terrorism. An EU directive on data retention was made invalid by a European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling last April. That 2006 directive opened up private communications data to police, but…
How Verizon and Turn Defeat Browser Privacy Protections
Jacob Hoffman-Andrews writes: Verizon advertising partner Turn has been caught using Verizon Wireless’s UIDH tracking header to resurrect deleted tracking cookies and share them with dozens of major websites and ad networks, forming a vast web of non-consensual online tracking. Explosive research from Stanford security expert Jonathan Mayer shows that, as we warned in November, Verizon’s UIDH header is…