The National Security Agency is facing renewed scrutiny over the extent of its domestic surveillance program, with critics in Congress saying its recent intercepts of the private telephone calls and e-mail messages of Americans are broader than previously acknowledged, current and former officials said. The agency’s monitoring of domestic e-mail messages, in particular, has posed…
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Germany settles with Google over Street View
Germany has settled a dispute with internet giant Google over its Street View facility, meaning that photos of homes, shops and offices in Europe’s biggest nation will soon appear on Google Maps, an official said Wednesday. Although users of the website can currently see snapshots of British, French and other European streets, Germany has been…
UK: Tories ‘will end Big Brother state’
The Conservatives have pledged to roll back the “Big Brother” state by curbing Government snooping powers and databases. Shadow security minister Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones said the Tories would review powers used by local authorities and draw back the “database state”. […] In a speech to public sector leaders in London on Tuesday, she will say:…
Canadian MPs call for expanded privacy law
Canadian MPs call for expanded privacy law A Commons committee says the federal privacy law should be expanded to cover new technology such as live surveillance-camera feeds and DNA swabs collected from suspects. Currently the Privacy Act covers only information collected by the government in recorded form, such as papers, tapes and computer files. Read…