The EU subcommittee concluded that the EU court ruling was based on out-dated principles, adding that assuming the “right to be forgotten” even exists in law was a mistake.
Category: Public Sector
ICO issues new big data protection guidelines for UK organisations
Steve Wood, ICO’s Head of Policy Delivery: What we’re saying in this report is that many of the challenges of compliance can be overcome by being open about what you’re doing. Organisations need to think of innovative ways to tell customers what they want to do and what they’re hoping to achieve.
Microsoft offices in China probed for antimonopoly practices
Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu offices of Microsoft had sudden visits by Chinese authorities, though there isn’t any official announcement by the government about the raid.
Russia goes after TOR’s privacy; announces £65,000 bounty
As many as 200,000 users use TOR in Russia to hide their identity and to surf the dark web.
EU regulators pick on Google over the ‘right to be forgotten’ ruling
Google is removing links only on the search results page for Europe while they are still available on the international site Google.com.
UK adopts ODF as standard format for government documents
UK Government: Our long-term plan for a stronger economy is all about helping UK businesses grow. We have listened to those who told us that open standards will reduce their costs and make it easier to work with government. This is a major step forward for our digital-by-default agenda which is helping save citizens, businesses and taxpayers £1.2 billion ($2.05bn) over this Parliament.
Italy: Google must alter data privacy policies within 18 months
Google: “We’ve engaged fully with the Italian DPA throughout this process to explain our privacy policy and how it allows us to create simpler, more effective services, and we’ll continue to do so. We’ll be reading their report closely to determine next steps.”
Edward Snowden wants global hackers to develop anti-surveillance technology
Snowden: We the people — you the people, you in this room right now — have both the means and the capability to improve the future by encoding our rights into programs and protocols by which we rely every day. [..] and that’s what a lot of my future work is going to be involved in, and I hope you’ll join me in making that a reality.
UK Government’s hunt for a reliable Data Hosting Partner begins
The agreement is valued at between £50 million and £700 million and is scheduled to run for the next four years.
China: Apple’s iPhone could compromise ‘state secrets’
The Chinese state media has branded Apple’s iPhone to be a national security threat, marking the next move in the blame game between US and China!
China opens access doors leading to Google after a month of hiatus; shutters them again
Few Google services were accessible from within the country in time for Tiannanmen anniversary, but it seems that the move was a temporary one.
Free Wi-Fi rolled out across Glasgow in a Scottish first
The network has been delivered by BT giving people access to 24-hour internet across major parts of the city.
UK wants ‘Right to be Forgotten’ struck from draft data-protection laws; invites criticism
Right to be Forgotten has drawn a fair amount of support and criticism from governments and individuals alike.
Windows XP migration ‘mismanagement’ costs ‘millions’ to New Zealand gov
Labour party MP Clare Curran: At least 40,000 computer terminals remain on the obsolete XP operating system, with individual agencies left to either shell out taxpayer dollars to Microsoft to extend support, or shrug their shoulders and hope for the best.
Government proposes £90 million upgrade of onboard Wi-Fi on trains
Trains into London from Bedford, Brighton, Kent and Portsmouth as well into Manchester, Leeds and Sheffield are likely to get upgraded Wi-Fi.