A researcher who had worked with the investigative Panorama programme for just 5 days has compromised the highly sensitive information related to secret Military Reaction Force (MRF).
Category: Public Sector
GCHQ sued over ‘illegal’ surveillance by 7 International ISPs
ISPs, ‘at threat’ of being targeted, call for an end to all the alleged surveillance programmes!
Facebook’s secret 2012 psychological experiment under inquiry by UK regulator
The social networking giant could face up to £500000 penalty over its ‘unethical’ emotion study involving user’s privacy rights!
Germany ends Verizon deal over NSA snooping fears
Irked by NSA spying its Chancellor, Germany has ditched the US telecom giant Verizon replacing it with Deutsche Telekom AG!
Google starts forgetting Europeans
Less than a month after the ‘right to be forgotten’ form was pushed live, Google has already started acting on the requests.
Europeans to have same privacy rights as US citizens to seek judicial redress
Not any signal for the end of the spying programs by NSA, but it’s some leverage for EU citizens that US citizens already have!
ICO: UK Police are sloppy in handling public data
Only a few forces have come out with a “high assurance” rating, indicating the extent controls are in place!
China reportedly blocks access to Dropbox
Censorship in China is going overboard as cloud storage companies face blockade. What’s next?
Ireland requests EU court to review data-sharing deal with US
Irish Court asks ECJ to clarify whether or not the Safe Habour agreement violates the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights!
Social media banned in Iraq to restrict ISIS propaganda
Facebook: Limiting access to Internet services — essential for communication and commerce for millions of people — is a matter of concern for the global community.
EU signs deal with South Korea to develop 5G technology
Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission: So all our citizens can get the 5G boost as early as possible!
Apple, Cisco offer support to Microsoft over cloud data access warrant
In a rare show of unity, tech giants Apple, Cisco, Verizon, AT&T and the EFF have joined the Microsoft’ campaign against US warrants on data.
Microsoft stands strong against US request for email data disclosure
Microsoft: Government cannot conscript Microsoft to do what it has no authority to do.
Google to flag ‘right to be forgotten’ results
Google feels European users will have to know that certain search results have been removed!
UK government wants life imprisonment for cyber security offenders
Cyber attacks that cause serious damage to the economy or environment will carry a 14-year prison sentence as against the current term of 10 years.