Tag: Data Protection
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AGM season begins: TeliaSonera accounts for rights violations
Marie Ehrlin, newly-elected Chairman of the Board, told reporters at TeliaSonera’s annual shareholder meeting that the company would bring in outside help to review their operations “country by country, transaction by transaction, and deal by deal” after a year of bruising human rights and corruption allegations. For some, this response is not enough.…
5 April 2013
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With Google Glass, everyone can be Little Brother
It’s not just a style thing: you may have good reason to avoid the geek at the bar or in the park wearing Google’s latest invention, the wearable interface known as Glass. Despite its innocuous intent, the life-logging feature ‘Life Bits’ logs everyone who comes into direct contact with the Glass wearer, transforming them into a mobile recording device.…
3 April 2013
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Telecom Industry Dialogue to collaborate with GNI on freedom of expression, privacy rights
Access welcomes the announcement of a new collaboration between the Telecommunications Industry Dialogue on Freedom of Expression and Privacy, and the Global Network Initiative. Beginning with a two-year trial, this collaboration holds the potential for meaningful engagement that yields more rights-respecting policies and actions in the telecoms sector.…
12 March 2013
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European Parliament committee approves opinion hostile to user privacy
The Industry, Research, and Energy (ITRE) Committee of the European Parliament recently voted through its Opinion on the Data Protection Regulation, sending a clear message to European citizens that a majority of the Committee believes the interests of large corporations should trump the protection of their fundamental right to privacy.…
27 February 2013
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Privacy under siege: Unprecedented lobby efforts against the Regulation are revealed
As the European Parliament debates new data protection reforms,US technology companies have arrived in Brussels to commence an unprecedented lobbying effort aimed at preventing strong regulation and weakening existing standards. Most troublingly, some of the draft legislative proposals have been copied and pasted directly from lobbying documents, evidence of the immense influence of US giants like Google and Amazon on European policy.…
26 February 2013
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Obama cybersecurity executive order good in short term, but sets worrying precedent
The order sets out provisions for sharing critical threat information from government to the private sector, but potentially establishes a foundation for later bidirectional sharing of sensitive information. Its vague categorization of what constitutes critical infrastructure limits transparency on threat reduction, and may hinder confidence building measures intended to mitigate cyber conflict. It offers some civil liberties protections, but doesn’t go far enough.…
13 February 2013
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Telco Hall of Shame: TeliaSonera
Inductee: TeliaSonera AB Headquarters: Sweden Acting CEO: Per-Arne Blomquist Board Chairman: Anders Narvinger TeliaSonera Board of Directors CORPORATE INFO Network Size: 170 million subscribers. Countries of Operation: Azerbaijan, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Nepal, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Tajikistan,…
7 February 2013
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Federal Trade Commission gets serious about Do Not Track
In the rapidly-changing mobile landscape in the U.S., users often lack information about the new technology running their apps, games, devices, and accompanying privacy policies. On Friday, the Federal Trade Commission stepped in with guidelines to the mobile marketplace to better protect the privacy of mobile users.…
6 February 2013
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Telco Hall of Shame: Telstra
Inductee: Telstra Headquarters: Australia CEO: David I. Thodey Telstra Board of Directors CORPORATE INFO Network Size: 13.8 million mobile subscribers, 2.4 million retail fixed broadband customers and more than 2.5 million mobile broadband customers. Countries of Operation: Telstra Global has partner carrier…
6 February 2013
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Telco Hall of Shame: AT&T
Inductee: AT&T Inc. Headquarters: USA CEO and Board Chairman: Randall L. Stephenson AT&T Board of Directors CORPORATE INFO Network Size: More than 103 million wireless, 16.4 million broadband users, and 36.7 million access lines users in 2011. Countries of Operation: “AT&T provides…
5 February 2013
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Telco Hall of Shame: Blackberry
Blackberry / Research in Motion Inductee: Blackberry, formerly Research in Motion (RIM) Headquarters: Canada CEO: Thorsten Heins and the Executive Team CORPORATE INFO Countries of Operation: Canada, USA, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK, Austria, Turkey, Russia, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore,…
1 February 2013
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Telco Hall of Shame: Vodafone
Inductee: Vodafone Group Plc Headquarters: UK CEO: Vittorio Colao Board Chairman:Gerard Kleisterlee Vodafone Board CORPORATE INFO Network Size: 1.5 billion people. Countries of Operation: Albania, Australia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Qatar,…
29 January 2013
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Happy Data Privacy Day!
Today is Data Privacy Day, an international holiday that marks the 32nd anniversary of the signing of the Council of Europe’s Data Protection Convention 108. Data Privacy Day, which is celebrated all over Europe, Canada, and the US, recognises our fundamental right under human rights law and the importance of privacy to the maintenance of democratic societies, the advancement of human dignity, and the flourishing of other rights such as freedom of expression and association.…
28 January 2013
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New nomination to US privacy oversight board, just ahead of cybersecurity fights in Congress
With the recent re-nomination of David Medine as chairman, the long-dormant US Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) may finally come to life. The renewal of the Board and its mandate comes not a moment too soon. A strong,…
25 January 2013