Zack Whittaker reports that the European Parliament voted in favor of a resolution that would back the Commission should it wish to suspend data sharing agreements with the U.S., such as the passenger name records system, in light of mass surveillance by the National Security Agency. But motions to halt the trade talks failed, so…
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U.S. Postal Service Logging All Mail for Law Enforcement
Ron Nixon reports: Leslie James Pickering noticed something odd in his mail last September: A handwritten card, apparently delivered by mistake, with instructions for postal workers to pay special attention to the letters and packages sent to his home. “Show all mail to supv” — supervisor — “for copying prior to going out on the…
IAB lashes out at Mozilla
Mozilla’s recent announcement that it was moving ahead with Do Not Track has been met with a somewhat predictable response. From IAB’s CEO and President Randall Rothenberg: Mozilla is obviously a very factionalized organization. It’s like mob rule. It’s very difficult if you’re a rational player. We like to think of ourselves at IAB as…