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Big Brother turns its eye to Gmail
News Google is "a potential winner", particularly as it has resisted discussion with pressure groups such as Privacy International, according to Simon Davies, director of Privacy International. Any attempts we have made to meet Google have been rebuffed...
[June 21, 2004, 15:40]
Chris Patten: Politicians have no grasp of technology
News Privacy campaigner Simon Davies, chairman of No2ID, agreed politicians aren't in touch with the issues underlying the technology issues they legislate on, and criticised the conditions in government that have allowed the situation to come into...
[October 26, 2006, 16:40]
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]
Shut Amazon down, say privacy groups
News Director of Privacy International Simon Davies says that when challenged Amazon confirmed it is unable to supply customers with their personal data or have that data deleted, as required by the Data Protection Act.
[December 5, 2000, 8:13]
Government snooping will hurt e-commerce
News People will use the Internet with more neurosis, if they think they are being snooped on," said Simon Davies, founder of human rights pressure group Privacy International, whose research with the London School of Economics produced the £4.6bn figure.
[September 28, 2001, 9:27]
Stupid Security prize relaunched
News They are being staged again, according to PI director Simon Davies, in response to a sharp rise in "pointless, intrusive, stupid and self-serving" security measures. The situation has become ridiculous," said Davies in a statement.
[August 22, 2006, 13:30]
Europe stumbles on Echelon spy network
News The real issue is the maturing of public perception," says Simon Davies, director of UK-based Privacy International. In the UK the story was picked up by The Daily Telegraph, which ran an article by Davies on Wright's paper, and conveyed to the...
[March 28, 2002, 17:40]
Privacy watchdog guns for Amazon and Friends Reunited
News There is a way out, but you have to hit it lucky," said Simon Davies, director of Privacy International. You have to go from the help page, where a small number of users may fluke [finding] it," Davies told ZDNet UK.
[September 28, 2006, 16:15]
Internet data-retention law comes into force
News Privacy campaigner Simon Davies, director of Privacy International, told ZDNet UK on Monday that data preservation, in which ISPs and telcos retain the data of specific suspects rather than of all citizens, would have been "less privacy intrusive...
[April 6, 2009, 16:37]
"Jam Echelon Day" doomed to failure, say experts
News But Simon Davies, director of Privacy International, believes that sprinkling keywords within communications will not have an impact on the high-tech spy network. The Echelon system works on a very sophisticated system of word relationships, rather...
[July 26, 2001, 16:21]
UK government rejects key-escrow resurrection
News There is a healthy debate over the loss of freedom in the US -- it would be nice to see the same level of debate in England," said Simon Davies, director of Privacy International. A sensible reading of history would lead anyone to the conclusion...
[September 20, 2001, 12:55]
Privacy watchdog airs Google Street View concerns
News The ICO was also waiting to hear from Simon Davies, the director of Privacy International, over his concerns that Google's face-blurring technology did not blur everyone's faces on Street View. Davies told ZDNet.co.uk on Tuesday that Privacy...
[July 8, 2008, 13:16]
Americans support a ban on 'uncrackable' encryption
News No one should ever trust figures collected in the aftermath of a disaster -- people are confused and emotional, and will be led easily by imagery," said Simon Davies, director of Privacy International.
[September 18, 2001, 14:57]
Plan to extend police-hacking powers gathers pace
News Privacy campaigner Simon Davies, director of Privacy International, called on the Home Office to reform the warrant process so remote searches of computer systems have judicial oversight. That level of intrusion is more intrusive than telephone...
[January 5, 2009, 15:16]
Government hints at ID card security
News I would question whether meaningful control can be maintained over who has access, and who that data is then shared with," said Simon Davies, director of Privacy International and a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics.
[November 15, 2006, 13:10]
Big Brother turns its eye to Gmail
Talkback Simon Davies is right to challenge this. While GMail is correct that a human is not reading the e-mail, the move nevertheless helps us further down the road of automated scanning that a number of people believe is a threat to their privacy.
[June 22, 2004, 12:37]
Camera phone clampdown demanded
News The ability to covertly capture images and then instantly transmit those images removes any safeguard for the victim," warned Simon Davies, PI director. It is a call to make the technology safe," Davies added.
[November 16, 2004, 15:10]
Whistle blown over extent of UK data seizures
News We hope that in so doing, all of us will learn a great deal more about this covert activity," explained Simon Davies, Privacy International's director. It is also likely that the exercise of our data protection rights will send a clear signal to...
[May 14, 2003, 13:29]
ID cards: Do benefits outweigh risks?
News The consultation has been a sham from the word go," said Simon Davies, Privacy International's director, earlier this year. Many also complain about the sheer arrogance of government in the way it has managed the consultation," Davies added.
[January 23, 2003, 16:38]
Celebrity Web site under fire for privacy breaches
News The whole Web site is a disaster for privacy," says Simon Davies director of Privacy International. Davies argues that there nevertheless remains a danger to making this information available and says it is not enough to offer an opt-out service...
[February 9, 2001, 14:39]
