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----- Original Message ----- From: "David Hulsebus" <[email protected]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 2:10 PM Subject: [WISPA] Data retention and right to privacy - etc.. > FYI > > From SANS NewsBites Vol.11 Num.13 > > > --UK Plans to Consolidate Communication Data Retention > (February 13 & 16, 2009) > Rather than requiring every service provider in the UK to keep its own > user communication information to comply with European data retention > rules, the UK government plans to use BT and other "high tier providers" > to retain the data. The move comes as a result of the government's > decision not to bear the burden of paying for each individual provider's > compliant data retention system. UK draft laws require retention of IP > address and session data for 12 months. The data retention scheme is > expected to cost taxpayers about GBP 46 million (US $65.7 million). > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/16/eu_data_retention_transposition/ > http://www.vnunet.com/computing/news/2236479/retaining-communications-cost > > > Another newsbite > > --Canadian Judge Rules Internet Users Have "No Reasonable Expectation > of Privacy" > (February 13, 2009) > A judge in Canada has ruled that Internet users have "no reasonable > expectation of privacy" regarding records kept by their Internet service > providers (ISPs). The ruling was made in the course of a child > pornography case in which law enforcement officers asked an ISP to > provide subscriber information for an IP address that was allegedly used > to access the content. Bell Canada provided the information without a > warrant. Most Canadian ISPs require warrants before they will provide > subscriber names, except in the case of child pornography. Privacy > advocates are concerned the ruling could set a precedent that would put > individuals' entire surfing history at the disposal of law enforcement > authorities without the need for warrants. They maintain the judge > operated under the faulty assumption that the information obtained from > the ISP is similar to what could be found in a telephone directory. > http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1283120 > http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Police+have+access+your+online+history/1286193/story.html > > [Editor's Note (Northcutt): The ever dwindling right to privacy. Keep > in mind that ISPs want to collect information on user's surfing etc., > so they can sell that data to marketing firms. Be sure to check out the > related FTC story elsewhere in this issue. > (Hoelzer): This topic will become more and more interesting legally > since in many jurisdictions governments are requiring that certain > records be kept; while the intent is good the potential for abuse toward > individuals unfriendly to a particular political point of view could > result in the end. For example, consider the story out of the UK this > week moving to consolidate this type of data into top tier providers for > easier access and monitoring by government.] > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
