Recently in Privacy Category
The technological innovations of the 20th and 21st centuries has brought about [or at least brought to light] an interesting shift in the roles of privacy for individuals and organizations. Individual privacy is becoming a thing of the past while corporate and governmental bodies protect their privacy with tenacity. This distribution seems contradictory to some of the basic ideals of democratic society. More, the afore-mentioned distribution proves the innefectiveness in the current zeitgeiest of consumer-based market-economy.
Read Full Paper [pdf]
A german ISP (T-Online) was ordered (by the courts) to delete customers' IP logs upon request. T-Online is apparently a major German ISP, making the decision carry much weight. This is the exact opposite of what is currently going on in the US, where the government wants direct access and archival of constituents' IP logs.
