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Switzerland Decides That It's Ok For Private Firm To Violate Your Privacy If
It's Searching For 'Pirates'
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| Last year, Swiss officials told Logistep -- one of a few companies that tries
| to scan file sharing networks for IPs used by suspected copyright
| infringers -- that its efforts were an illegal violation of privacy rights.
| However, a new court ruling has overturned that original ruling, and has said
| that Logistep is perfectly legal.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090604/2356245136.shtml
US mega retailer settles spyware charges
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| Sears Holding Corporation, owner of Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Kmart, has
| agreed to delete all the information harvested by the software, which pried
| into customers' most intimate web habits. The company also agreed to be more
| upfront about any information it may collect in the future. The agreement by
| Sears came in a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission in which the
| company didn't admit it violated any laws.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/04/sears_settles_spyware_charges/
Recent:
Bad Phorm: UK Police give green light to Internet spying
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| The email is quoted by El Reg and states that "it has been decided that no
| Criminal Offence has been committed" and there was a "lack of Criminal Intent
| on behalf of BT and Phorm Inc in relation to the tests."
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| The best bit, though, is the revelation that BT customers would have given
| implied consent to being spied upon without their knowledge because the aim
| of the tests was to enhance product quality.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/20759/1054/
British Government Violates Copyright
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| As much as I utterly despise the entire premise of Intellectual Monopoly,
| this is about violating the principles of a Free License, and if it's good
| enough for the British government to violate our civil rights in the name of
| Intellectual Monopoly, then it's good enough for the Free World to protect
| its "property" (in fact Freedom) too…
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http://slated.org/british_government_violates_copyright
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