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Privacy International cries foul over ID cards
News Civil liberties group Privacy International lodged a complaint of maladministration with the parliamentary ombudsman on Thursday against the government over its handling of the consultation into entitlement cards.
[January 30, 2003, 17:55]
Privacy International demands Yahoo boycott
News Privacy International (PI) has called on Internet users to boycott Yahoo over allegations that the Web giant provided information that helped Chinese officials convict a journalist accused of leaking state secrets.
[September 7, 2005, 17:15]
Privacy International demands Yahoo boycott
Talkback Why only yahoo? Why not also a boycott of google for censoring its news headlines (It could easily use a formula like: "Blocked site" to mark the stories the Chinese gov't is blocking)? The problem is not this or that business.
[September 8, 2005, 21:22]
Privacy International demands Yahoo boycott
Talkback Boycott Yahoo ! I won't even send an email to a Yahoo account. These guys have really gone too far ! AP story:
[April 19, 2006, 16:47]
Privacy International demands Yahoo boycott
Talkback zdnet.co.uk quickly dropped this story. Here is what a Yahoo boss had to say if anyone cares. Yahoo Ordered to Share Reporter's E-Mail" by Elaine Kurtenbach, Associated Press, 10 September 2005 quote] "Yahoo had to comply with a demand by Chinese...
[September 16, 2005, 4:46]
Privacy International director launches 80/20
Blog Simon Davies, who has been involved with campaigning on privacy issues for a number of years, is launching a privacy consultancy firm called 80/20. Davies, who is also a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics, is trying a new tack to...
[May 20, 2008, 14:05]
28th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners
Blog Professor Nigel Gilbert, Chair of the Royal Academy of Engineering Group on Privacy and Surveillance, will talk about the future of surveillance. The conference details, fittingly, aren't splashed about all over the net, but there are some very...
[November 2, 2006, 9:11]
Privacy watchdog guns for Amazon and Friends Reunited
News Privacy International (PI) is to make more complaints to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) after successful discussions with eBay to make its privacy procedures more transparent. Privacy International said it would like to see a button on...
[September 28, 2006, 16:15]
Abandon data retention plans, urge privacy groups
News Human rights group Privacy International (PI) is concerned that several pieces of legislation currently being considered by Parliament will allow law enforcement units from across Europe and beyond to inspect the phone and Internet usage of the...
[November 4, 2003, 16:35]
Web sites fail to protect privacy
News Simon Davies, director of Privacy International, says that sites should be prohibited from sharing this sort of information in the first place. The vast majority of European and US Web sites are failing to protect users' privacy, according to a UK...
[January 25, 2001, 16:12]
eBay faces data protection inquiry
News Privacy International has sparked an inquiry into eBay's handling of personal data, as part of a new campaign against e-commerce sites who abuse the privacy of their users. A trawl through all the 'useful information' statements ('customer charter...
[August 31, 2006, 15:35]
Whistle blown over extent of UK data seizures
News UK law enforcement and investigative agencies are forcing communications providers to hand over around one million customer records each year, Privacy International claimed on Wednesday. Privacy International is urging the UK public to contact...
[May 14, 2003, 13:29]
Google considers privacy dashboard
News A controversial report by the group Privacy International recently slammed Google over its "aggressive use of invasive or potentially invasive technologies" and the amount of user data it gathers and retains, while the European Union is asking why...
[June 12, 2007, 15:33]
Privacy groups take efforts to European level
News Ten European privacy and civil rights groups, including two from Britain, have joined forces to create an international body for lobbying at a European level. In the UK, the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR) and Privacy...
[June 13, 2002, 16:10]
Big Brother turns its eye to Gmail
News Privacy International's Big Brother awards highlight organisations that the organisers say pose a significant threat to privacy. Google is "a potential winner", particularly as it has resisted discussion with pressure groups such as Privacy...
[June 21, 2004, 15:40]
Privacy advocates confident about ID card defeat
News Speaking to ZDNet UK on Tuesday, Simon Davies, the director of Privacy International, said his organisation is not actively campaigning against the newly introduced ID Card bill, as it is confident that the LSE report will be enough to put an end...
[May 17, 2005, 17:55]
Opposition grows in ID card debate
News On Wednesday, Privacy International launched another method by which concerned citizens can register their view on the entitlement card debate. Privacy International has said there has been a surge in the number of people contacting the Home Office...
[January 15, 2003, 16:36]
Shut Amazon down, say privacy groups
News Online bookseller Amazon.co.uk has admitted it is unable to comply with UK data protection laws, according to civil rights campaign group Privacy International. Privacy International -- which has brought a joint action with another privacy group...
[December 5, 2000, 8:13]
Google scores lowest in privacy rankings
News The search giant's attitude was attacked as being at its worst "hostile" and at its best "ambivalent", following a six-month investigation by Privacy International into the privacy practices of more than 20 internet-based companies.
[June 12, 2007, 9:10]
Europe stumbles on Echelon spy network
News Privacy experts would like to see limits placed on systems like Echelon, or at least for such spy networks to be made accountable -- a need which has only been strengthened by the terrorist attacks of 11 September and the advent of the...
[March 28, 2002, 17:40]
