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Just read this BBC article . Starts well: "DNA profiles of those not convicted of a crime should be removed from the database in England and Wales, a government-funded inquiry has said. Control of the database should be taken from government and police and...

"I am the LAW!" From the BBC : "Europeans suspected of putting movies and music on file-sharing networks could be thrown off the web under proposals before Brussels. The powers are in a raft of laws that aim to harmonise the regulations governing...

From the BBC : "Google must divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched any video on YouTube, a US court has ruled. The ruling comes as part of Google's legal battle with Viacom over allegations of copyright infringement. Digital rights group...

From The Mirror : Nearly 1,000 people's phone records have been investigated by council snoopers, it was revealed yesterday. The surveillance powers for tracking terrorists have been used to probe everything from a bogus faith healer to dog smuggling. A survey of Big...

Another interesting article by Bill Thompson for the BBC : Please read the whole article on the BBC site, but some interesting extracts are: "The issue was recently highlighted by reports that the Canadian government has a policy of not allowing public sector IT projects...

From BBC : Ministers are to consider plans for a database of electronic information holding details of every phone call and e-mail sent in the UK, it has emerged. The plans, reported in the Times, are at an early stage and may be included in the draft Communications Bill...

From BBC : "The supermarket chain Budgens has installed face recognition cameras in one of its stores to stop children buying alcohol and cigarettes. It is thought to be the first time a UK retailer has used the technology to identify underage customers. The scheme is being...

Later this month the National Staff Dismissal Register (NSDR) will go live - backed by the likes of Harrods, Selfridges, Reed Managed Services and Mothercare. This particular national database has been set up by Action Against Business Crime to store the details of workers ACCUSED of theft,...

This one is going to burn up like rocket fuel! (A joke for the chemists among you). Now, I know many of the readers are not technophiles like me, so I shall try to keep this simple – JavaFX is a programming language – a ‘new’ version of Java if you will. It is being...

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It seems to be all the rage to leak data at the moment. From San Francisco Chronicle : Information on thousands of UCSF patients was accessible on the Internet for more than three months last year, a possible violation of federal privacy regulations that might have exposed...

Once again from the BBC: More than 600 staff at HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have been disciplined for accessing personal or sensitive data, it has been revealed. In a Commons written reply, Treasury Financial Secretary Jane Kennedy said that in many cases the penalty for...

BT secretly intercepted and profiled the web browsing of 18,000 of its broadband customers in 2006 using advertising technology provided by 121Media, the alleged spyware company that changed its name to Phorm last year. BT Retail ran the "stealth" pilot without customer consent...

In 2011 the UK government will carry out the next census. It is debateable whether this is a good idea in itself, but what is worse is it will also be including things like 'household income' 'second homes' etc. I think we all know how reliable the UK government is with our...