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European Parliament: "EU surveillance programmes are incompatible with the fundamental human rights of citizens and residents in the EU."

Posted on April 1, 2013

A European Parliament study on state surveillance has concluded that surveillance programmes must be framed “in terms of collective freedoms and democracy” and current programmes are “incompatible” with the human rights of EU residents. The study, which was commissioned by the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, says:

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The biggest threats to global online privacy

Posted on February 8, 2013

While the phrase “there’s no privacy online” holds true in many respects, it’s always worth remembering that there’s a great deal of internet freedoms we currently enjoy that could be put at risk by cack-handed, or downright malicious, legislation.

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UK's Top five Worst Anti-Online Privacy Politicians

Posted on January 21, 2013

The UK is currently facing one of the biggest threats to its online freedoms. The looming Communications Capabilities Development Programme gives law enforcement unprecedented powers when it comes to accessing citizens’ online data. So we thought it might be fun to take a look back at which UK politicians have posed the biggest threat to online privacy and internet freedoms.

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Top online privacy trends in 2013

Posted on December 26, 2012

As 2012 draws to a close we take a look back at what we think will be the top five threats to online privacy over the coming year. Think we’ve missed something out? Let us know in the comments below.

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US boosts child online privacy law, but Facebook gets off the hook

Posted on December 20, 2012

US federal regulators have tightened legislation designed to safeguard children’s online privacy. The new laws are designed to give parents more control over what types of data is collected online, and reflect the growing importance and spread of smartphone technology.

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UK public data under threat from US Patriot Act

Posted on December 7, 2012

The USA’s controversial Patriot Act has just got, well, a lot more controversial. A recent study by The University of Amsterdam says US government agencies can secretly request US-based cloud storage companies to hand over data they have on foreign citizens.

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Oppose the UK's spying bill? You're siding with paedophiles…

Posted on December 3, 2012

The UK’s home secretary, Theresa May, has made her most outrageous defense of the Communications Capabilites Development Programme yet, saying that anyone who opposes the bill - which allows police to monitor email communications and web browsing - is siding with “criminals, terrorists and paedophiles”.

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Europeans more concerned about online privacy than Canadians?

Posted on November 25, 2012

Two interesting online privacy-related surveys were published earlier this week. One was conducted in Europe by data management company TRUSTe and the other in Canada by the Canadian Advertising Standards industry regulator. Although the two surveys covered slightly different topics, the way they were reported in the press suggested that Europeans are more concerned about online privacy and tracking than Canadians.