Tag: Police

  • Data protection does not kill

    Data protection does not kill

    Digitalcourage presented again the BigBrotherAward for “data sinners” in business and politics Eavesdropping, data retention, EU copyright reform: Germany can be considered one of the countries where people still take to the streets for data protection and civil rights. The…

  • Germany: Trojans for all

    Germany: Trojans for all

    The German Bundestag passed new wiretapping laws for secret services and the Federal Police In future, German secret services will be able to remotely access private computers or telephones with spy software. They will be allowed to intercept not only…

  • Britain and Europol: Social media to remove posts by refugees

    Britain and Europol: Social media to remove posts by refugees

    Companies such as TikTok and Facebook are to step up deletions of internet content if it could encourage the entry of irregular migrants. Calls for this came from the British Criminal Investigation Department. A department for “removal orders” has also…

  • Artificial Intelligence: EU Presidency against blanket ban on real-time facial recognition

    Artificial Intelligence: EU Presidency against blanket ban on real-time facial recognition

    While the EU Commission wants to regulate AI applications for police and justice, the current Council Presidency is in favour of as few restrictions as possible. The processing of facial images from public spaces is becoming a bone of contention.…