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Total invasion of privacy
Talkback We shouldn't let our right to privacy be taken away because of it, we're better than that and frankly it's disrespectful of the Government to think that they can get away with this. Feeling secure is but a state of mind, we are all at risk every...
[November 13, 2009, 10:46]
Journalists sue HP over privacy invasion
News The fallout from HP's boardroom leak scandal continued on Wednesday as three CNET News.com reporters sued the computer maker, alleging that its investigation tactics amounted to an invasion of privacy and a violation of state rules on business...
[August 16, 2007, 9:51]
Privacy activists demand Tesco boycott over RFID
News Caspian is particularly concerned about item-level RFID tagging, especially the potential for retailers to be able to track goods after they leave the store -- which it views as invasion of consumer privacy.
[January 26, 2005, 13:05]
EU charter may outlaw routine spying
News Spying on electronic communications by international agencies is a serious invasion of privacy according to proposals put before the European Parliament (EP) in Strasbourg this week. Is electronic surveillance an invasion of privacy or a breach of...
[April 14, 2000, 12:23]
DejaNews To Stop Tracking Addresses
News The new policy comes just days after computer sleuth Richard Smith discovered the company was collecting records of responses to online postings without visitors' permission, potentially setting up the conditions for significant privacy invasion.
[May 5, 1999, 11:32]
Under-skin ID tags generate concerns
News Critics, however, say such technologies would make it easier for government agencies to track a person's every movement and allow widespread invasion of privacy. Invasion of privacy is going to be impossible to avoid," said Katherine Albrecht, the...
[August 23, 2004, 15:05]
Lords opposition to comms database mounts
News Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer told ZDNet.co.uk on Wednesday that the idea of the government collecting information on all UK citizens' internet communications and telecommunications, and storing it for self-authorised use, was "the ultimate...
[July 21, 2008, 15:04]
What's hidden in your hard drive?
News PC invasion has become the hidden cost of free software such as Kazaa and Audiogalaxy, programs that allow people to share digital music and other files online. But others say the case underscores the vulnerability of millions of PCs to all manners...
[April 18, 2002, 15:48]
Anonymous email could be abolished
News Malcom Hutty of Internet civil liberty group Stand.org.uk says that abolishing anonymity and a potentially dangerous invasion of privacy. He adds that this is potentially a "gross invasion of privacy.
[April 10, 2000, 14:31]
Cracking a walnut with a sledge hammer
Talkback Apart from the infringement of human rights and invasion of privacy, this wonderful sounding idea will, if it is IT successful, result in a massive expenditure of taxpayers funds on the infrastructure and the wages of hundreds if not thousands of...
[January 30, 2007, 7:21]
Google: An Apology
Talkback If someone snaps a picture of a Google executive scratching their ass in their own home with a telephoto lens, this is an invasion of privacy facilitated by technology. Maybe there ought to be privacy laws that would protest this kind of information.
[August 11, 2005, 14:31]
Police And The Internet
Talkback I wonder how you can say that it is an invasion of privacy for the police to look at a Face Book, Myspace or Friends Reunited page.i feel sure that they would only be interested in criminals or ex offenders as they dont have time to look at every...
[July 25, 2008, 10:09]
Scottish hoteliers jam mobiles
Talkback What a suprise, there are various scenario's where this could be classed as illegal, it also raises the question as to an invasion of privacy. Like countless other people, I am on 24 hour call, even when away from home and travelling, and although...
[September 2, 2003, 11:00]
Experts Exchange and Paid Subscriptions
Blog Comment I like the idea of user tailored advertising based on interest (though no doubt some people will call it invasion of privacy or something), and I'd be interested to see how it goes! Haha, yes, I'll watch my content -- perhaps it picked up NSFW!
[March 9, 2007, 9:50]
CNET Networks journalists intend to sue HP
Blog Three journalists working for news.com, a website owned by ZDNet UK's parent company CNET Networks, are preparing to file a lawsuit against HP for invasion of their privacy. The private phone records of Dawn Kawamoto, Stephen Shankland and Tom...
[May 8, 2007, 20:27]
ID chips pressed into laundered clothes
Talkback There is more than money to be made here-the total control agenda is boldly obvious, not to mention the complete invasion of personal privacy. The Powers That Be, want to track all of us like animals in the wild, the super control agenda that, very...
[August 13, 2003, 0:12]
What did BT actually say? What did Phorm actually say?
Talkback The article suggests BT said more than they appear to publicly have said and as far as I can see it is Phorm who are being more positive about the outcome of the Webwise invasion of privacy trial. BT will be cautious of course because running...
[December 16, 2008, 7:35]
Gator 'spyware' investigated by Harvard
Talkback I personaly feel that "Gator is an invasion of my privacy! I was very impressed with your article on "gator" Spyware, I just spent the day removing it from my system. I decided to look online to see what "Gator" was when I came across your article.
[June 15, 2004, 4:39]
Do senders have a right to your inbox?
Talkback Stop this privacy invasion by using an email client which refuses to execute "lazy html" - like Pegasus. The service only provides the location of the dial up service, which may be on the other side of the country.
[June 13, 2004, 19:27]
10 things you should know about the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
White Papers According to regulations, directory information includes information "contained in an education record that would not generally be considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if disclosed and includes a student's name, address, telephone listing...
[May 18, 2006, 1:00]
