The European Commission is asking for feedback on practical rules to ensure that anyone in Europe who has their private data breached will be told. New rules across Europe mean that telcos are meant to tell you if they lose your data. But what is needed now is feedback on how the rules are working and how, in practical terms, …

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Thursday 14th July 2011 12:15 GMT Red Bren

UK Regulator begs not to be given teeth!

"any new requirements must be proportionate, setting out clear criteria and thresholds for reporting a breach"

Easy. Threshold for reporting a breach = an occurence of a breach. Clear criteria = any organisation, public or private that holds personal data, no matter how big or rich they are.

Of course a regulator with teeth might be expected to actually do something, rather than hand-wringing and waiting for a juicy executive post.

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Thursday 14th July 2011 15:10 GMT Marvin the Martian

"Steelie Neelie"??

That title makes no sense whatsoever... The "ee" in "Neelie" is about the same as the "a" in "stake" or "stale"... far from the "ee" of "steel".

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Thursday 14th July 2011 19:15 GMT Mr Young

Illegal wire tapping eh?

I've just been reading about the TalkTalk Homesafe 'product' - maybe I don't know enough about it but that sure sounds like illegal wire tapping as well?

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1. Thursday 14th July 2011 21:31 GMT jonathanb
  
  Re: Illegal wire tapping
  
  http://www.talktalk.co.uk/security/homesafe-demo.html
  
  Under FAQs | How do I switch on HomeSafe
  
  "How do I switch on HomeSafe?
  
  "HomeSafe is free to all TalkTalk customers and all the features are switched off by default. To switch them on and set up Virus Alerts, Kids Safe and Homework Time log in to your TalkTalk MyAccount."
  
  It is not illegal if you have to specifically ask them to do it. There isn't even the argument that it was buried in small print that you didn't notice.
  
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  1. Friday 15th July 2011 08:36 GMT dephormation.org.uk
    
    You can decline the censorship
    
    But you can't decline the surveillance.
    
    The only way to avoid Homesafe is to leave TalkTalk and find a trustworthy ISP instead.
    
    hth.
    
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    1. Friday 15th July 2011 21:35 GMT Mr Young
      
      Thanks...
      
      I'm not sure why this creepy nonsense isn't being considered along the same lines as opening all my mail? Or recording my phone calls? I'd like to see a nice VPN article tbh - It sort of sounds maybe feasible (with trust?) but I don't know really?
      
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Thursday 14th July 2011 20:23 GMT SilverWave

Phorm - Given the Latest revelations - The police not prosecuting looks fishy

Check out the title.

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1. Friday 15th July 2011 08:36 GMT dephormation.org.uk
  
  Very
  
  What's even more surprising is that the EC have also suspended their legal action against the UK Government.
  
  Take a look here;
  
  http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/ecomm/doc/implementation_enforcement/infringements/inf_proc_incorr_impl_160611.pdf
  
  via
  
  http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/ecomm/implementation_enforcement/infringement/index_en.htm
  
  "United Kingdom, Incorrect application of EU rules on confidentiality of communications, suspended 19/05/2011"
  
  No press statement, no announcement, no explanation.
  
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