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European court decision radically changes rules on how internet users’ data is stored - 18 juillet 2020
The move protects the data of EU citizens, but it is unclear how it will affect the UK after Brexit
People’s personal Facebook data, and the data kept by thousands of other companies on them, will not be able to be transferred from Europe to America because the US government could snoop on it.
The European Court (...)
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Like after 9/11, governments could use coronavirus to permanently roll back our civil liberties - 22 mai 2020
The ’emergency’ laws brought in after terrorism in 2001 reshaped the world — and there’s evidence that it could happen again
With over a million confirmed cases and a death toll quickly approaching 100,000, Covid-19 is the worst pandemic in modern history by many orders of magnitude. That governments were unprepared (...)
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Coronavirus : Moscow’s new digital permit system gets off to shaky start | The Independent - 14 avril 2020
Muscovites woke up to a brave new world on Monday, the first day of operation of a new digital permit system. But when many opened their eyes, they saw something strangely familiar : error 404.
As hundreds of thousands flocked to the city government’s sites to download QR codes onto their smartphones, the systems (...)
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Fever-tracking map indicates potential coronavirus outbreak in Florida after spring breakers party on the beaches | The Independent - 23 mars 2020
A real-time map tracking seasonal and “influenza-like illnesses” has observed an unusual clustering of sicknesses in Florida that may provide an “early indicator” of how quickly the coronavirus pandemic was spreading throughout the Sunshine State.
The map compiles live information from more than a million smart (...)
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‘Sharp-tongued drones’ chastise Chinese residents for not wearing face masks amid coronavirus outbreak | The Independent - 3 mars 2020
’Do not go here and there in the open air without wearing a mask. Go back home quickly and wash your hands,’ says drone
Drones are reportedly being used in some villages and cities in China to remind residents to wear face masks if they have to be outside, as the country tries to get a grip on the coronavirus (...)
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Socialist claims victory in Seattle election contested by Amazon-backed challenger - 9 novembre 2019
Five of seven candidates backed by Jeff Bezos defeated
A socialist politician in Seattle has declared victory, after Jeff Bezos and Amazon poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into a local election to support “business friendly” candidates.
Kshama Sawant, 46, has celebrated with supporters after a late surge (...)
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China blocks 17.5 million plane tickets for people without enough ’social credit’ - 24 février 2019
Would-be passengers blacklisted for offences as minor as walking dogs without lead
The Chinese government blocked 17.5 million would-be plane passengers from buying tickets last year as a punishment for offences including the failure to pay fines, it emerged.
Some 5.5 million people were also barred from (...)
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Facial recognition to be deployed by police across London, sparking human rights concerns - 2 juillet 2018
Millions of people face the prospect of being scanned by police facial recognition technology that has sparked human rights concerns.
The controversial software, which officers use to identify suspects, has been found to be "staggeringly inaccurate" , while campaigners have branded its use a violation of privacy. (...)
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Germany considers law change to allow police to spy on potential terrorists and criminals through car and house alarms - 6 décembre 2017
Interior minister expects to discuss proposal next week in attempt to improve surveillance capabilities
The German government is considering legal changes that would oblige operators of car and house alarm systems to help police and security services in their efforts to spy on potential terrorists or criminals, a (...)
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Theresa May to create new internet that would be controlled and regulated by government - 24 mai 2017
Theresa May is planning to introduce huge regulations on the way the internet works, allowing the government to decide what is said online.
Particular focus has been drawn to the end of the manifesto, which makes clear that the Tories want to introduce huge changes to the way the internet works.
"Some people say (...)
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Donald Trump Muslim immigration ban : US border patrol ’checking people’s Facebook for political views’ - 30 janvier 2017
Refugees and green card holders detained and interrogated despite legal right to come to the US
US border agents are checking people’s Facebook pages for their political views before allowing them into the country, an immigration lawyer has claimed.
Houston-based lawyer Mana Yegani said several green card (...)
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Japan’s top court has approved blanket surveillance of the country’s Muslims - 1er juillet 2016
’They made us terrorist suspects, we never did anything wrong,’ says Japanese Muslim, Mohammed Fujita
Japan’s Supreme Court has upheld the government’s blanket surveillance of the country’s Muslim community.
The court struck down the second appeal by Japanese Muslim plaintiffs against what they perceive as an (...)
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Amazon : Devastating expose accuses internet retailer of oppressive and callous attitude to staff - 18 août 2015
Working four days in a row without sleep ; a woman with breast cancer being put on "performance-improvement plans" together with another who had just had a stillborn child ; staff routinely bursting into tears ; continual monitoring ; workers encouraged to turn on each other to keep their jobs.
Life at Amazon (...)
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Windows 10 spying : How to opt out of Microsoft’s intrusive new terms of use - 18 août 2015
Windows 10 has been well received by users and tech writers alike, but parts of Microsoft’s new privacy policy are raising eyebrows due to concerns that they could be ’spying’ on what users do.
The tech company’s service agreement stretches to 12,000 words, but one part of it has worried users over the safety of (...)
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Google in court again over ‘right to be above British law’ on alleged secret monitoring - 8 décembre 2014
A legal battle involving Google resumed today in a landmark trial that will decide whether or not British courts are the appropriate forum for dealing with claims of ‘secret tracking’ by the internet giant.
Facing allegations that it used “clandestine” tracking to monitor British users of the Safari web browser, (...)
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Apple has installed security backdoors on 600m iPhones and iPads, claims security researcher - 22 juillet 2014
Apple has been accused of intentionally installing security backdoors in some 600 million iOS devices that offer surveillance-level access to data including photos, browsing history and GPS locations.
The vulnerabilities were uncovered by security expert Jonathan Zdziarski, who presented an academic paper on the (...)
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Britain’s ’secret listening post in the heart of Berlin’ - 5 novembre 2013
Claims that GCHQ has maintained spying operations even after US pulled out
Concerns were raised tonight that Britain operates a top-secret listening post from its Berlin embassy to eavesdrop on the seat of German power.
Documents leaked by the US National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden show that (...)
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Facebook now charges you for messages sent to celebrities and people you aren’t friends with - 9 avril 2013
The ’priority messages’ system has been introduced to the UK after successful US trial
acebook has started charging UK users up to £10 to send messages to celebrities and people they aren’t friends with.
The social networking giant says the moves are to stop users being bombarded with messages from strangers. (...)
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Lobbyists’ demands were ’copied into law by MEPs’ - 14 février 2013
Sensitive personal information risks being left vulnerable to hoarding and misuse by banks, retailers and insurance companies due to three British MEPs accused of directly inserting major firms’ suggestions into EU laws, according to privacy campaigners warning of the most intense lobbying effort ever seen in the (...)
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British internet users’ personal information on major ’cloud’ storage services can be spied upon routinely by US authorities - 30 janvier 2013
All personal information stored by British internet users on major "cloud" computing services including Google Drive can be spied upon routinely without their knowledge by US authorities under newly-approved legislation, it can be disclosed.
Cloud computing has exploded in recent years as a flexible, cheap way (...)
