London’s Metropolitan Police force claims that terrorism legislation gives police officers the right to view photos taken on mobile phones or cameras and to sieze equipment. The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) disputes the accuracy of the advice. Read more on Out-Law.com Related: The Met’s interpretation of the law
CORRECTED: Anonymous web data can be personal data
The Register has a story on a fascinating legal analysis by Chris Pounder of Amberhawk Training (report here, pdf) as to how identifying yourself as being the individual associated with a particular IP address might be used to force companies such as Google and Yahoo to treat your data as being under the UK Data…
Security breaches at South Wales Police
Ten data security breaches in three years have taken place at South Wales Police, it has emerged. A member of staff was prosecuted for accessing and disclosing “intelligence information and previous convictions”. In another case, an employee resigned after being found guilty of charges relating to unauthorised access of the force’s computer system. A worker…
Government info, Data.gov and privacy implications
… The government collects and produces information across sectors as diverse as scientific research and internal government functioning. Information is collected about economic indicators, health, product recalls, and government services such as Medicaid. Many databases are already made available in processed formats, but not in raw form. Different data sets will have different qualitative privacy…