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Mar 29 15 10:59 PM
A day after the European Court of Justice (ECJ) revealed Safe Harbour for what it is – ridiculous – the UN has agreed to appoint a special investigator to look into digital spying and violations of online privacy. Yesterday the UN Human Rights Council unanimously decided to get a new ‘UN special rapporteur’ amid the shadows of the current Europe v Facebook case seen by the ECJ. A Brazil and Germany-backed resolution looked to respond to concerns over electronic surveillance and wide-reaching, largely illegal interception digital communications. "States must respect international human rights obligations regarding the right to privacy when they intercept digital communication of individuals and/ or collect personal data," Brazil's ambassador Regina Dunlop told the Council in presenting the resolution. During the debate, Russia's delegation criticised mass surveillance by the US, before everyone signed on to the agreement, commissioning the rapporteur (expert) to review government policies on intercepting and collecting our data. Private parade Interestingly, the as yet un-hired expert will also examine private sector responsibilities to respect human rights under the “Protect, Respect, Remedy framework” of the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights (according to Human Rights Watch) in the specific context of digital information and communication technology. It’s important to be fair to those private sector actors we all think of in this case, those like Facebook, Google, Microsoft etc. Based in the US, they are essentially at the mercy of immensely powerful laws such as the Patriot Act and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The US has created a global political environment whereby if you’re not tracking absolutely everybody, all the time, then you are unsafe. It’s ludicrous, but it’s their reality now. So, the US reaps whatever possible from companies charged with protecting your personal information.
A day after the European Court of Justice (ECJ) revealed Safe Harbour for what it is – ridiculous – the UN has agreed to appoint a special investigator to look into digital spying and violations of online privacy.
Yesterday the UN Human Rights Council unanimously decided to get a new ‘UN special rapporteur’ amid the shadows of the current Europe v Facebook case seen by the ECJ.
A Brazil and Germany-backed resolution looked to respond to concerns over electronic surveillance and wide-reaching, largely illegal interception digital communications.
"States must respect international human rights obligations regarding the right to privacy when they intercept digital communication of individuals and/ or collect personal data," Brazil's ambassador Regina Dunlop told the Council in presenting the resolution.
During the debate, Russia's delegation criticised mass surveillance by the US, before everyone signed on to the agreement, commissioning the rapporteur (expert) to review government policies on intercepting and collecting our data.
Interestingly, the as yet un-hired expert will also examine private sector responsibilities to respect human rights under the “Protect, Respect, Remedy framework” of the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights (according to Human Rights Watch) in the specific context of digital information and communication technology.
It’s important to be fair to those private sector actors we all think of in this case, those like Facebook, Google, Microsoft etc. Based in the US, they are essentially at the mercy of immensely powerful laws such as the Patriot Act and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
The US has created a global political environment whereby if you’re not tracking absolutely everybody, all the time, then you are unsafe. It’s ludicrous, but it’s their reality now. So, the US reaps whatever possible from companies charged with protecting your personal information.
Read more @ http://www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/item/41355-cyber-spying-under-attack/
A case against Facebook being heard at the European Court of Justice could transform data privacy across the entire EU. The lawsuit, brought by Austrian Facebook user Maximilian Schrems, focuses on what US companies do with data from customers based outside the US. His complaint seeks to stop US spies from accessing the private data of EU citizens. Screms said on a website he set up to publicise the case that “large internet companies (in the current case Facebook) have, pursuant to US law, allowed the US government to access European user data on a mass scale for law enforcement, espionage and anti-terror purposes.”
A case against Facebook being heard at the European Court of Justice could transform data privacy across the entire EU.
The lawsuit, brought by Austrian Facebook user Maximilian Schrems, focuses on what US companies do with data from customers based outside the US.
His complaint seeks to stop US spies from accessing the private data of EU citizens.
Screms said on a website he set up to publicise the case that “large internet companies (in the current case Facebook) have, pursuant to US law, allowed the US government to access European user data on a mass scale for law enforcement, espionage and anti-terror purposes.”
Read more @ http://www.itpro.co.uk/security/24289/how-a-facebook-user-complaint-could-change-european-data-privacy
Read more @ http://news.stanford.edu/news/2015/march/security-conundrum-series-032715.html
BIG Brother is watching whether you like it or not. The United States’ Big Brother mass surveillance is taking place at the expense of civil liberties and there’s nothing we can do about it, a poll out today has found The poll, launched by Amnesty International which surveyed 15,000 people from 13 countries across every continent, found most people were opposed to mass surveillance. However most of us are also unaware how widespread it really was. The poll which forms part of Amnesty’s worldwide #UnfollowMe campaign reveals 71 per cent of people were strongly opposed to the United States monitoring their internet use. It also found thirds wanted major tech companies including Google, Microsoft and Yahoo to secure their communications to prevent government access.
BIG Brother is watching whether you like it or not.
The United States’ Big Brother mass surveillance is taking place at the expense of civil liberties and there’s nothing we can do about it, a poll out today has found
The poll, launched by Amnesty International which surveyed 15,000 people from 13 countries across every continent, found most people were opposed to mass surveillance.
However most of us are also unaware how widespread it really was.
The poll which forms part of Amnesty’s worldwide #UnfollowMe campaign reveals 71 per cent of people were strongly opposed to the United States monitoring their internet use.
It also found thirds wanted major tech companies including Google, Microsoft and Yahoo to secure their communications to prevent government access.
Read more @ http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/google-yahoo-should-secure-data-against-us-govt-surveillance-say-amnesty-international/story-fnjwmwrh-1227268564208
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