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News The Department of Health guidelines say mobile use should be allowed where devices do not interfere with equipment, the privacy of others or cause a nuisance. Doctors and nurses doing their rounds should not have to... [06 Jan 2009]
iPhone update plugs security holes
News This problem was discovered last month by a privacy conscious 12-year-old boy. Another fix prevents someone from making arbitrary phone calls by using the emergency call setting. It also fixes holes that... [24 Nov 2008]
Legal Eye: Privacy perils of social networking
Comment Whatever threat you think this software does or doesn't pose to privacy, it is not illegal - not even under European data protection laws. But, asks lawyer Patrick Van Eecke, does this new craze for 'social mapping' take... [12 Nov 2008]
ID cards on driving licences - 'law can't stop us'
News Simon Davies, director of human rights group Privacy International, said: "It will bring almost the entire population into the scheme. There is the communication data database that has funding already and even this... [21 Oct 2008]
Lib Dems banned from automated calling
News The Liberal Democrats have been found to be in breach of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) following an investigation into the party's use of automated... [26 Sep 2008]
iPhone hacker claims device captures all
News I hope Apple fixes it because it's a significant privacy leak but at the same time it's been useful for investigating criminals. Meantime, breaking into a passcode-locked phone took him nearly an hour to... [12 Sep 2008]
Scottish gov't enlists data privacy experts
News The Scottish government has set up a group of privacy and security experts to scrutinise how local government services handle personal data. The group will develop a draft set of guiding principles for Scottish public... [11 Sep 2008]
Email and web snoop plans slammed - again
News The proposals have already faced harsh criticism from privacy campaigners and opposition political parties, while Information Commissioner Richard Thomas recently spoke out against plans to retain communications records... [04 Sep 2008]
One million bank customers' details sold on eBay
News We take customer privacy and data security very seriously. The data is reported to include mobile phone numbers, bank account numbers, mothers' maiden names and signatures. One million bank customers'... [26 Aug 2008]
Minority Report: 10 top iPhone 2.0 apps
Photo You'll hate it if you have any concerns over personal privacy or are cheating on your spouse. The iPhone is a surprisingly large place to be in, lots of data, phone numbers, email, apps and websites and... [15 Aug 2008]
Gates: Software innovation poses privacy challenge
News As software gets more powerful, privacy issues pose "an interesting software challenge", said Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates. When interaction gets more natural, computers can be everywhere to listen to you," he said,... [14 Aug 2008]
Privacy chief fights UK-wide database
News The UK's privacy tsar has made a plea to the government not to rush through a centralised database of all UK communications. Thomas said privacy was already being quietly eroded, citing examples of the... [15 Jul 2008]
Critics attack gov't email, phone database plan
News But Gus Hosein, senior fellow at Privacy International and fellow at the London School of Economics, said that this "simple" traffic data would be a "map of every individual's life". As of last September telecoms... [20 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... dirty computers, lie detectors, T5 tech, mobile ASBOs
Comment And as for privacy concerns, you've got to fill in a form anyway, how's this infringing your privacy? While you are not allowed in the UK to have mobile phone jammers to protect your... [15 May 2008]
Facebook under attack: The spam and phishing threat
News Asked about a privacy and security flaw that had been identified in Facebook's mobile variant last year - in which the user's contacts had their email addresses listed, regardless of whether those contacts had opted into... [23 Apr 2008]
