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Parliament to consider snooping Bills

The Parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee on Intelligence will next Wednesday hold public hearings on the Intelligence Services Amendment Bill and the National Strategic Intelligence Amendment Bill that will, among other objectives, beef up the state's ability to bug the public.

Ghana parliament backs Vodafone GT bid http://africa.reuters.com/country/GH/news/usnLE328731.html ACCRA, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Ghana's parliament voted on Thursday to ratify a $900 million bid by Britain's Vodafone Group for a majority stake in Ghana Te

ACCRA, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Ghana's parliament voted on Thursday to ratify a $900 million bid by Britain's Vodafone Group for a majority stake in Ghana Telecom (GT), a Reuters reporter in the parliament building said.

Beware of bogus bills for website or domain name services

The scam: The Federal Trade Commission says that millions of dollars are paid annually by businesses, charities and individuals to scammers who send out bogus bills for website "listing" services. Sometimes these bills appear to be renewals of domain name registrations. In other cases, the bills are for listing a website in a business directory, even though the owner of the site never ordered or approved the listing.

Privacy plan would let users know who's watching

A new Internet users’ privacy scheme has been recommended by the European Parliament which approved amendments to the EU’s e-privacy directive. The report is expected to be adopted by the full Parliament in September, the committee said. Under the plan, Internet service providers will be required to tell customers about hacker attacks that could lead to privacy invasions such as identity theft or email snooping. The service providers will also have to list network security breaches in their annual reports. Also, when governments access individuals’ private data, the service providers must inform national regulatory authorities, who can refer cases to court when governments exceed their authority, a key factor which was pushed by the parliament’s Socialist Group.

Bills tabled for plea bargaining, wire tapping

Five bills to sharpen the crime fight and speed the dispensing of justice were tabled in Parliament yesterday covering plea bargaining, paper committals at preliminary inquiries, taking of audio visual evidence, wiretapping and requiring the logging of information on SIM-cards and mobile phone sales.

Where To Draw the Line When Punishing Email Snooping?

CWmike writes "While it might seem like a practical joke or a harmless, furtive glance, e-mail snooping could land you in more hot water than you'd ever expect — you could be charged with a federal crime. The recent case of a Philadelphia TV news anchor charged with breaking into his co-anchor's e-mail accounts shines a light on the seriousness of such snooping. Scott Christie, a former federal prosecutor who headed up the computer hacking section at the U.S. Attorney's Office, said, 'You look over someone's shoulder and read a personal letter and that's not a crime, so how can it be a crime to access someone's e-mail? It's not the same thing, of course... What you're doing when you're accessing e-mail is affirmatively exceeding your access to electronic documents and systems.

Snooping into a co-worker's e-mail? You could be arrested

Ever pass by a co-worker's unattended computer and consider taking a peek at her e-mails? Or have you ever thought it would be a funny prank to figure out your cube mate's e-mail password and break into his work account to mess with him?

Snooping into a co-worker's e-mail? You could be arrested

Ever pass by a co-worker's unattended computer and consider taking a peek at her e-mails? Or have you ever thought it would be a funny prank to figure out your cube mate's e-mail password and break into his work account to mess with him?

Snooping into a co-worker's e-mail? You could be arrested

Ever pass by a co-worker's unattended computer and consider taking a peek at her e-mails? Or have you ever thought it would be a funny prank to figure out your cube mate's e-mail password and break into his work account to mess with him?

European Parliament Calls For An End To Videogame Sexism

The Parliament of the European Union has called for an end to sexism in videogames over concerns that such games are teaching children the wrong lessons.

'Consider privacy laws first' when outsourcing storage

CIOs and IT managers should consider privacy laws above cost when outsourcing data storage, says international data protection consultancy Privacy Laws & Business (PL&B).

iPhone bills lay waste to trees

Environmentalists have railed against Australian mobile carriers for sending iPhone bills to customers that, depending on the plan, could contain more than 100 pages of non-recycled paper.

Snooping into a co-worker's email? You could be arrested

Ever pass by a co-worker's unattended computer and consider taking a peek at her e-mails? Or have you ever thought it would be a funny prank to figure out your cube mate's e-mail password and break into his work account to mess with him?

GNAT Urges Parliament To Pass Pension Bill

National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has appealed to Parliament to ensure that the Pension Bill is passed into law

UK Gov't Creating Centralized Snooping Silo to Monitor all Calls, Texts, E-Mails, IMs and Surf Histories

UK Gov't Creating Centralized Snooping Silo to Monitor all Calls, Texts, Emails, IMs and Surf Histories

MDC wins Zimbabwe parliament vote

The candidate of Zimbabwe's opposition MDC has been elected speaker of parliament, after MPs were sworn in following elections five months ago.

Court backs e-mail snooping

In today's technology roundup: Court backs e-mail snooping, Barclays moves 1 800 IT roles offshore, BT pumps £1.5bn into broadband, and Apple calls for Psystar clones recall.

Hynix asks judge to consider review of Rambus patents

A US judge was asked by Hynix Semiconductor Inc to consider a decision by federal regulators to review four Rambus Inc patents at issue in the companies¡¦ patent-infringement lawsuit.

MDC heckle Mugabe in parliament

MPs from Zimbabwe's main opposition party heckled and jeered President Robert Mugabe, as he opened parliament five months after disputed polls.

Nanoscience calls EGM to consider name change, reorganisation

LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Nanoscience Inc. said it will convene an extraordinary general meeting on Sept. 26 to consider resolutions to change its name to Toumaz Holdings Ltd. and for an internal reorganisation of the administrative structure of business.

Nanoscience calls EGM to consider name...

LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Nanoscience Inc. said it will convene an extraordinary general meeting on Sept. 26 to consider resolutions to change its name to Toumaz Holdings Ltd. and for an internal reorganisation of the administrative structure of business. The emerging technologies investor said that since the acquisition of Toumaz Technology Ltd. in November 2005, it has increasingly focused on the research and development activities of Toumaz and planning commercialisation of its technology. Nanoscience said it plans to restructure the group into three administrative areas: development of new technologies and their commercialisation; management of intellectual property rights; and management of other investments. Under the proposed reorganisation, it will transfer intellectual property rights developed by Toumaz to a new unit called T

Medical privacy law fails to stop snooping

A review of state and federal records shows that dozens of Iowa healthcare workers have been disciplined by their employers for snooping through the medical records of HIV-positive men, pregnant teenagers, victims of domestic violence, and emergency-room patients. Not one of them, however, has been prosecuted for violating the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. In the five years since the law was enacted, 38,000 Americans have complained of HIPAA violations to the federal Office for Civil Rights. More than half of those complaints nationally have been disposed of with no investigation, and until last year no one nationally ever was prosecuted for violating HIPAA.

Black Hat expels reporters in network snooping

Kurt Opsahl, left, a senior staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, discusses the ejection of the three French journalists over networking snooping allegations.

IT Dojo: Five things to consider when choosing a Linux distribution

Some argue that Linux distributions are essentially the same, and you should just pick the one with the color scheme you like the best. In reality however, distributions are different and some will suit your company's needs better than others. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler discusses the following five critical factors IT managers should consider when choosing a Linux distribution:

Boy doles out hundreds of fake $20 bills at school

OCALA, Fla. -- Authorities say an 8-year-old boy was handing out hundreds of dollars in fake $20 bills at an Ocala elementary school. School officials reported the boy to police on Tuesday.

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