Eric Chabrow reports: As the federal government readies the third iteration of Einstein, privacy concerns over the intrusion detection system were voiced at a Senate hearing on Tuesday. Philip Reitinger, Department of Homeland Security deputy undersecretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate, told the Senate Committee on the Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland…
Hr: Laws on the personal name violate human rights
From Javno: According to the current law, a person that changes their name has to have both names on the birth certificate. Representatives of the lesbian group Kontra, in association with Croatian Women’s Network and Iskorak, delivered a proposal to the Croatian Constitutional Court in which they challenge the validity of the current law on…
UK: Brains behind neighbourhood ‘spies’ project stands up for her proposal
David Baker reports: The mastermind behind the ‘neighbourhood champions’ scheme has defended the idea – after it was given the stamp of approval at a cabinet meeting last week. At the meeting on Thursday, last week, Councillor Susan Hall dismissed claims the proposal was akin to spying and insisted the idea would be a success….
Obama record on data protection is mixed, EU data tsar believes
Noelle McElhatton reports: A leading EU data protection official has given US President Barack Obama’s administration a mixed review for its record on protecting data privacy. European data protection supervisor Peter Hustinx was speaking at a data protection conference in Washington this week. A report on the Europolitics website said Hustinx praised the US Federal…