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UK taken to court over web ’secret surveillence’

Should people give informed, specific consent to their communications being intercepted for purposes such as behavioural advertising?

Should they be able to revoke their consent?

I don’t think ISPs would be able to determine how the information might be used. Intelligence gathering, stalking, marketing are all possible uses.

Amplify’d from www.nzherald.co.nz

UK taken to court over web ’secret surveillence’

British ministers face an embarrassing showdown in court after the European Commission accused Britain of failing to protect its citizens from secret surveillance on the internet.

The legal action is being brought over the use of controversial behavioural advertising services which were tested on British Telecom’s internet customers without their consent to gather commercial information about their web-shopping habits.

Under the programme, the UK-listed company Phorm has developed technology that allows internet service providers (ISPs) to track what their users are doing online.

ISPs can then sell that information to media companies and advertisers, who can use it to place more relevant advertisements on websites the user subsequently visits. The EU has accused Britain of turning a blind eye to the growth in this kind of internet marketing.

Read more at www.nzherald.co.nz
 

UK communications industry condemns government plan

UK government putting pressure on communications industry to bear the cost of storing all phonecalls, emails, texts and internet communications - they should do a deal with Google.

Amplify’d from www.guardian.co.uk

Spying on your email

The communications industry has condemned government plans to force them to monitor your calls, emails and internet usage

Government plans to outsource official spying, forcing communication service providers like BT to retain personal communications data – records of all phonecalls, emails, texts and internet connections – have been severely criticised by the industry expected to do ministers dirty work for them.

But the cost is not really the issue. The policy is one of the foundation stones of the surveillance state – a society in which data from people’s movement, travel abroad, spending habits and communications are retained by government and its agencies – and is an indicator of the profound contempt and mistrust this government has for the public. It represents as great an intrusion as the national identity register, the central database planned with the ID card.

Read more at www.guardian.co.uk
 

Town on SF Bay wants to photograph every car

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Amplify’d from tech.yahoo.com

Town on SF Bay wants to photograph every car

TIBURON, Calif. -

Visitors should be prepared to have their pictures taken as they enter and leave this picturesque town of million-dollar views and homes along the San Francisco Bay.

Officials want to photograph every car and use the license plate information to solve crimes in the town of 9,000. Critics see the plan as an intrusion into the rights of visitors, but proponents say it is a sensible precaution that absolutely will not cross privacy lines.

The way the system would work is still cameras set up at town entry points will take a photograph of license plates — but not drivers. License plate numbers collected would be erased within 30 to 60 days and would not be viewed unless there is a crime to solve.

Read more at tech.yahoo.com