Tag archive for ‘eu’
Europe mulls search-term surveillance
Europe wants to monitor what you search for on the Internet. Under the misleading guise of protecting children against sexual abuse (sigh) Written Declaration 29 calls for the Data Retention Directive to be extended to cover search engines. This would force national Governments to record everything you type into Google, Bing, Yahoo! et al and [...]
Are American privacy safeguards set to beat UK standards?
Earlier this month, my ISP (PlusNet) got hacked, exposing its webmail system to spammers. The volume of spam I receive doubled overnight as a result, even though I don’t use their online email system.
This kind of security breach is nothing new. In fact it happens on a frequent basis, though the news is often buried [...]
EU caps roaming mobile phone voice charges
The EU has voted to cap charges for using mobile phones while abroad in Europe, but the measure only applies to voice calls. The cost of roaming text messages and data will remain extortionate.
Cost reductions for the consumer are predicted, but I suspect that in such a competitive market, providers will simply increase charges elsewhere [...]