Peter Fleischer, Google’s Global Privacy Counsel, has resumed blogging after a long hiatus that is related to Italy’s criminal charges against him and other Google executives. The charges are the result of a video that some Italian teens uploaded showing the harassment of a classmate with Down’s Syndrome. Peter explains his absence: I was rattled…
UK: Police arrest so they can boost DNA database, warns watchdog
Tom Whitehead reports: Officers will arrest individuals for “everything” because they then have to power to take DNA samples, even if they wouldn’t have been detained under other circumstances. The Human Genetics Commission (HGC) warned the alarming practice, which was revealed by a retired senior police officer, was creating a “spiral of suspicion” over the…
“Godfather of Spam” Ralsky and Three Co-Conspirators Sentenced
Four individuals were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Marianne O. Battani in federal court in Detroit for their roles in a wide-ranging international stock fraud scheme involving spamming, announced Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan Terrence Berg. Alan M. Ralsky, 64,…
AU: Clubbers to have fingerprints scanned
Cassie White reports: Party-goers in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley will soon be forced to have their fingerprints scanned before entering some of the precinct’s most popular nightclubs…. between 15 and 20 nightclubs will be implementing it over the next three to six months. But the move has been slammed as a “PR gimmick” by Terry O’Gorman…