Back in August, when Hanspeter Thür, Switzerland’s Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner, demanded that Google withdraw Street View from Switzerland, Google responded by pledging to blur more and do more to protect personal privacy. Whatever steps Google took were apparently not sufficient, as Frank Jordans of the Associated Press now reports that Thür has…
EU draft council decision on sharing of banking data with the US and restructuring of SWIFT
From Wikileaks.org: Summary The CIA and other intelligence agencies have long been interested in the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecomminications (sic), or SWIFT. The Society, headquartered in Belgium, is the primary system used for international, and some national, bank transfers. Whoever controls SWIFT has access to the full details of millions of yearly bank…
TSA Changes Rules On Airport Searches … Very Quietly
TSA hassled the wrong person. Previous coverage here. TSA has changed two rules about airport searches after an aide to Congressman Ron Paul recorded an incident on his iPhone. The rules changes have prompted the ACLU to drop legal action against TSA on behalf of Steve Bierfeldt. Bierfeldt was detained in March while attempting to…
Hotmail imposes tracking cookies for logout
Chris Williams reports: Hotmail users are now unable to log out of their account if the browser they are using does not accept third party cookies. The move by Microsoft raises security concerns, particularly as PCs on corporate networks and in cybercafes and libraries are often set to reject cookies. The error screen* that greets…