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UK Government defends mass interception of online data at tribunal
July 15th, 2014
Mass interception of online communications by intelligence agencies is necessary – even if only one person is being targeted, lawyers for the UK government have told a tribunal hearing complaints about surveillance. The government’s arguments were disclosed as lawyers ...
European court to rule on allegations Facebook passes personal data to NSA
June 18th, 2014
A European court has been asked to rule on a landmark case which seeks to force watchdogs to audit the personal data Facebook allegedly releases to US spy chiefs. The high court in Dublin has referred to Strasbourg a ...
Microsoft fights U.S. search warrant for customer e-mails held in overseas server
June 11th, 2014
Microsoft, one of the world’s largest e-mail providers, is resisting a government search warrant to compel the firm to turn over customer data held in a server located overseas. In what could be a landmark case, the Redmond, Wash., ...
China against Windows 8 Amid U.S. Spat
June 5th, 2014
China’s government took another step against Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) by telling officials in one province not to use Windows 8 software, marking an escalation in the dispute with the U.S. over spying and hacking allegations. Jiangsu province, south of ...
Facebook, Google Balk at Loophole in Bill to Rein in NSA
May 22nd, 2014
A group of technology companies, including Facebook Inc. (FB), Google Inc. (GOOG) and Apple Inc. (AAPL), said the bill U.S. lawmakers plan to vote on today to limit National Security Agency spying doesn’t go far enough. The legislation “has ...
PwC completes acquisition of Booz & Co
April 7th, 2014
PWC HAS COMPLETED its acquisition of international consultancy business Booz & Co following regulatory and partner approval. Booz & Company is to join PwC and become part of the PwC Network. The consultancy will rebrand to Strategy &, which ...
Microsoft Acknowledges Looking Inside Blogger’s Hotmail Inbox And Reading IM To Track Source Of Leaked Company Information
March 21st, 2014
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) admitted Thursday that it had read the contents of a blogger’s Hotmail inbox in an effort to identify an employee who was suspected of leaking confidential company information. According to John Frank, deputy general counsel for Microsoft, ...
Google tries to NSA-proof Gmail
March 21st, 2014
Google just beefed up the security of Gmail to make mass surveillance of its customers’ email nearly impossible. It’s not quite NSA-proof, but it’s close. To accomplish the feat, Google (GOOG, Fortune 500) secured how you connect to its ...
Vodafone, Verizon Accused By India’s Home Ministry of Sharing Customer Details With UK’s GCHQ
March 11th, 2014
The Indian operations of Vodafone (NASDAQ:VOD) and Verizon (NYSE:VZ) shared details about their customers with Britain’s Government Communications Headquarters, or GCHQ, news reports said Monday, citing a December memo from the internal security division of India’s Ministry of Home ...
