privacy
RSS privacyIntel backs down on Pentium III tracking plans
News Intel has been forced to back away from plans to ship Pentium III processors with an embedded identification tracking code, in the face of vociferous criticism and the threat of a product boycott from privacy groups. [26 Jan 1999]
Freedom fighters call for Intel chip boycott
News Privacy campaigners are calling for a boycott of all Intel products because the new chips contain a unique ID number that they fear will allow people to be more effectively tracked across the Web. A spokesman for Intel... [25 Jan 1999]
US media bosses attack EC data protection laws
News The new data protection directive defines a fundamental right to privacy and prevents businesses from exploiting the privacy of individuals. Aldhouse advised delegates at the meeting to consider the US... [15 Jan 1999]
French surfers to draft web laws
News They are expected to cover data privacy, intellectual property, and the regulation of encryption and pornography. The French Senate has invited the country's web surfers to join a virtual parliament that will draft new... [14 Jan 1999]
Computacenter offers ebusiness privacy from InterTrust
News People will be able to use that to manage their own individual privacy interests on their PC. Computacenter has unveiled plans to distribute ecommerce technology from InterTrust. InterTrust's products, which have been in... [13 Jan 1999]
CompuServe accused of privacy breach
News Internet service provider (ISP), CompuServe, and parent company, AOL are facing court action from a US abortion clinic for endangering the privacy of its patients. Breaches of personal privacy would come... [07 Jan 1999]
US security vendor goes down under
News Jim Bidzos, RSA president, said the Australian base was a response to the strong demand for privacy in electronic commerce. Leading US security vendor, RSA Data Security, has entered the international market from a... [07 Jan 1999]
Personal privacy threatened by Network Solution service
News But privacy laws could be infringed if individuals registering .com, .edu or .net addresses are not informed how their data will be used. Paola Benassi, product operations officer at TrustE, which lobbies for... [16 Dec 1998]
EU snooping law threatens privacy
News Europe is about six months away from allowing wire-tapping without court authorisation, according to a leading privacy rights organisation. Privacy International claims that European ministers are close... [07 Dec 1998]
Have a heart - end it with an email
News Possible advantages of email include privacy, the delete facility and the fact that you did not have to suffer the indignity of having your fax read out to the general amusement of the office. A survey on differences... [04 Dec 1998]
David Beier takes on US government Internet role
News Privacy issues and a framework for ecommerce are also high on the agenda. A successor has been found for Ira Magaziner, President Clinton's Internet advisor. David Beier - who currently advises vice president Al Gore on... [02 Dec 1998]
US and EU head for ecommerce stand-off
News US President, Bill Clinton may be heading for further conflict with EU states over Internet privacy, after calling on governments to take a hands-off approach to ecommerce. As he launched the White House's report on... [01 Dec 1998]
UK civil liberties group challenges ISPs on consumer rights
News A civil rights group has launched a campaign which aims to make Internet service providers (ISPs) more accountable to users when it comes to consumer privacy. A Leeds-based group called Cyber-rights and Cyber-liberties... [30 Nov 1998]
Magaziner slams EU Net privacy laws
News The US wants to get around the EU's data protection laws by establishing self-regulation as the global standard for privacy on the Internet. Ira Magaziner, Clinton's senior policy adviser, told a Progress and Freedom... [19 Nov 1998]
Campaigners make last ditch attempt to stop porn laws
News The American Civil Liberties Union, Electronic Privacy information Centre and Electronic Frontier Foundation are leading the fight to stop the act coming into effect on Friday. Online media companies and civil liberties... [18 Nov 1998]
