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Big Tech
Big Brother Watch, Open Rights Group and Index on Censorship welcome UK court’s rejection of Home Office bid to hear Apple encryption case in...
The court responsible for hearing Apple’s challenge against the UK Government demanding that it breaks encryption has rejected the Home Office’s bid to have the case heard in secret.
Earlier...
Data Privacy
Two reports show privacy must be at the heart of trust in government
Today’s release of two reports into the protection of personal information show agencies must be better at privacy, says Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster.
The Inquiry into how government agencies protected...
Shorts
DPDI Bill: New ‘welfare surveillance’ proposals target vulnerable people
The UK government is proposing to give the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) powers to force financial institutions to hand over personal information belonging to people who claim...
Data Privacy
Twenty questions for Minister for Justice as mass surveillance of Ireland’s entire population is secretly approved by the High Court
The identity of every person you phone, text, and/or email, the date and time of when you do so, and the location of where you are when you do...
Shorts
EFF Warns Supreme Court That Users’ Speech is at Stake When Increasing Platforms’ Liability
SAN FRANCISCO – Increasing online platforms’ liability for hosting their users’ speech would lead to severe censorship that could undermine the very architecture of the free and open internet,...
Data Privacy
New privacy legislation repeats past mistakes
Today Innovation, Science, and Economic Development (ISED) Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced Bill C-27, the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022, a three-tiered piece of legislation aimed at private sector privacy...