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British investigator Humphrey linked to GSK was jailed
August 11th, 2014
The Shanghai court sentenced a British company investigator to two-and-a-half years and his wife to two years in jail, for trafficking personal data in China. The british investigator, Mr Peter Humphrey, was hired by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) China, which is ...
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 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, ...
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 ...