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Last weeks privacy, data retention, DRM, Internet usage links are up now.
Last week was a little busy as I was in Germany, on a course (3G System Training, given by a really good company called TechCom, on behalf of Nokia)
November 2006 Privacy links - RWBWiki
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November 2006 Privacy links - RWBWiki
Continuing the privacy related links or the week, here are is 6th Nov-12th Nov (a little late because I’m in Germany Dusseldorf).
This weeks links include:
electronic voting
* Punchscan incorporates cryptography into e-voting
* Does technology help or hinder election integrity?
* […]

BBC NEWS | UK | Copying own CDs ’should be legal’
This, of course is commonsense. The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) in England is calling for a “private right to copy”, in other words “fairplay” usage of legally held music.
Copyright issues have, in the past, been steered too much by the music industry, the […]

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One idea I had, particularly for people interested in finding out background information on data privacy, data retention, surveillance, and associated areas, was posting weekly links.
So, this is number 1.
There are two ways I can do this: 1) post a link to the wiki entry I use, or 2) […]

Conor Ryan of the Examiner has a piece in todays paper on Privacy International’s Freedom Of Information survey released yesterday.
03 November 2006
Fears of threat to personal information
By Conor Ryan
LEGISLATION enacted by the Government has seriously damaged an individual’s right to keep their personal information private, according to an international civil rights watchdog.
It has also eroded […]

PI Releases Freedom of Information Around the World 2006 Report

[UPDATE:] A very useful graphic on the breakdown of countries.

Privacy International have released their 2006 world report on Freedom Of Information survey on access to government information laws. The report provides a review of FOI laws practices and policies from 70 countries worldwide.
As to be expected, […]

‘Terror risk’ for electronic passport - Sunday Times - Times Online
Antoin has been speaking with Mark Tighe of the Sunday Times regarding the recently introduced electronic passports and the security risks associated with not having adequate electronic shielding, tinfoil hat as it were, protecting the passport from being skimmed. Without proper protection, these passports maybe […]

From today’s Sunday Business Post:
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“The communications regulator, Comreg, is examining the use of wholesale information by telecoms providers in their use of wholesale information by telecoms providers in their attempts to win back customers from rival operators.
Earlier this month The Sunday Business Post reported that some disconnected Smart customers had been approached by Eircom salespeople, […]