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The good Lords fighting to protect personal privacy

A recent vote in the House of Lords in London proves that there are fortunately still some intelligent people who are thinking about privacy and personal freedom.

The United Kingdom is about to embark on the most ambitious and complex ID system ever contemplated anywhere in the World, yet it is found flawed by industry experts and third parties.

US bullies Europe and honest travelers legal rights

Naturally most European citizens do not even realize that this is going on... The EU Commission has now caved in to the US request to transfer PNR passenger data, despite contravening current EU privacy law. I discussed this recently Personal Privacy at risk as EU ponders new laws.

Personal Privacy at risk as EU ponders new laws

Personal Privacy is at risk as the EU ponders new laws, which if introduced, would in part mimic the hastily enacted and controversial US Patriot Act.

Privacy alert: US snooping on innocent travellers breaks International law

The Guardian reports that the US authorities in light of recent cancellations to Washington were scanning lists of passengers for future flights.

This is in blatant disregard of current laws and not even in line with future agreements to be drawn up between the USA and the EU (European Union.) No current or planned data-sharing agreements permit the transfer of data based on a future reservation.

Illegal US - EU Axis of Surveillance

US Travel Surveillance authorised by EU. Can US data protection measures be trusted? Passing European airline passenger data to US authorities contravenes European privacy law and puts passengers at risk that their personal data could be misused.

Personal Privacy Alert - Your phone has been googled

Just imagine you pick up your phone and hear, "Hi, I just found your private phone number in Google, so I thought I would call to sell you a vacuum cleaner." What may be common knowledge to geeks is by far known to everybody.

Freedom to Speak - Freedom to Read - Freedom to Think - a Traveller's Risk

A risk when travelling abroad is that you might not be free to read what you wish without Government control. So how can we have the freedom to form opinions if we are not free to read what we wish? When travelling abroad, it is wise to be aware that other countries have different interpretations of freedom.

CAPPS II - personal privacy violations increase ID Theft

If the loss of one's personal privacy is not enough, then the biggest concern regarding CAPPS II is the threat of Identity Theft. ID theft is the fastest growing crime on the Internet and is not under control.

The Emperor's New Clothes or The Traveller with NO Clothes

The similarities between the CAPPS (Computer Assisted Passenger Pre-screening System) and Hans Christian Anderson's Fairy Tale "The Emperor's New Clothes" would be laughable if it were not so sinister.

Personal Privacy Breach - Pressure mounting against CAPPS II

The practice of the US Government in collecting and using airline passenger data is becoming known and meeting with resistance in several quarters. Any person flying within or to and from the USA is risking exploitation of their personal privacy. Dozens of...