That online service providers (OSPs), including Internet Service providers (ISPs), can do almost all what they want with our data, as long as they have a “decent” privacy policy, has just been confirmed in the US by the very recent decision of the District Court for the Southern District of New York. I have already … Continue reading
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The potential impact of the Counter Terrorism and Security Bill on the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014
Small drips but when might the floodgates open? – UK public telecoms to retain more types of communications data in the future Further to Sophie’s post last week on the potential impact of the Counter Terrorism and Security Bill (‘CTSB’) proposed last month by the UK government, one of our research colleagues at the University … Continue reading
Metadata, content data almost the same thing? Yes, implies a N.Y. District Court! But is it for good or bad?
Shira A. Scheindlin, a District Judge from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a very interesting opinion on 28 October 2014 for those eager to know if the distinction between metadata and content data does make sense [members of the Peep Beep! team have already took their pens … Continue reading
Australian government proposes controversial mandatory metadata retention scheme for telcos
Metadata definition going deep down under? Australia has recently thrown a spotlight on the issue of metadata, a topic we have talked about already on this blog as a buzzword in today’s digital discourses that all too often lacks clear legal definition. Earlier this year, a leaked confidential discussion paper by the Australian Government became … Continue reading
Request for Home Secretary personal email metadata valid in principle, says ICO
A request that is hard to swallow? Government gets a whiff of their own ‘metadata medicine’ The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has held that requests for metadata are capable of being valid under the Freedom of Information 2000 (FOIA), in particular its section 8 dealing with the form of requests. The facts of the … Continue reading
What the hell are these metadata? ….Are communications data, traffic data and metadata all the same thing?
And here is the first Peep Beep! post: The Snowden revelations have transformed the word “metadata” into a buzzword. The question that many are asking these days is who can collect and retain metadata. Can law enforcement agencies and intelligence services collect and retain metadata at their will? Can Internet access providers do what they … Continue reading