A Slovak Telekom employee who was one of the targets of Deutsche Telekom snooping activities in Eastern Europe plans to sue the Germany’s telecoms giant for breach of privacy, his lawyer said Monday. Slovak Telekom security chief Frantisek Gaulieder, a former lawmaker, was among the people spied on by Deutsche Telekom AG, the Sme daily…
Category: Surveillance
Nottingham cops declare war on kids
Cary Doctorow writes: Police in Nottingham, England declared war on youth on Saturday night: anyone between 13-24 getting off a bus into town was sent through a metal-detector, and the streets were swarmed with drug-dogs that were set on young people. Something like 90% of urban England Over 1,000 English cities and towns have a…
Google Reconsiders Privacy Practices
Paul Suarez reports: Google isn’t exactly known for its respect for privacy, but a recent blog post shows the search giant may be attempting to turn a new leaf on what has been called an “irresponsible” stance on user privacy. Maybe. The Google Analytics team has been working to give users a choice on how…
EFF Appeals Dismissal of Warrantless Wiretapping Case
Cindy Cohn of EFF reports that the Electronic Frontier Foundation is not going quietly into the night when it comes to warrantless surveillance: EFF today filed its appeal to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals of the dismissal of Jewel v. NSA, the case EFF brought against the U.S. government and government officials on behalf…