Mary Jo Foley reports: On October 15, Microsoft reversed itself, claiming now that instead of losing all of the personal data of Sidekick users, it has recovered “most, if not all” of it. (Over the past few days, Microsoft has moved from saying all data was lost, to some, to possibly none.) From a note…
From Facebook ‘poke’ to pokey?
From Legal Blog Watch: On June 10, a court issued a protective order prohibiting Shannon D. Jackson of Hendersonville, Tenn., from “telephoning, contacting or otherwise communicating with” another Hendersonville woman, either “directly or indirectly.” On Friday, Sept. 25, Jackson was “extremely shocked” when police arrested her for allegedly violating the order. Authorities in Hendersonville say…
Sweden passes divisive wiretapping law
An amended version of Sweden’s controversial new signals intelligence law was passed in the Riksdag on Wednesday, with 158 members voting in favour and 153 against. Liberal Party member of parliament Camilla Lindberg abstained, making her the only MP from the governing centre-right coalition not to vote in favour of the law. But the opposition…
Thousands of unsolicited faxes results in enforcement action
According to a press release from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the ICO has taken enforcement action against Ivor Cox, trading as Orion Forklift and Plant, following breaches of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR). The action comes after more than 1700 complaints about were received by the Fax Preference Service (FPS). After considering…