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Snooping Becomes Legal In Switzerland To Combat Terrorism
Swiss voters have approved a law that allows security services to conduct surveillance operations
Building Data Centres in Europe ‘Won’t Solve The Data Sovereignty Problem’
Virtustream’s data centre data sovereignty claims caught on video at Cloud Expo 2015
Irish Court Asks EU To Review Facebook NSA Data Sharing
The top European court asked to review the data sharing agreement between Europe and the US
Deutsche Telekom Customers Test Clean Pipe Service
Germany advances efforts to escape foreign surveillance, as customers test DT's Clean Pipe service
SAP Rejects Call For Pan-European IT Champion
German software giant SAP rejects calls for a unified European software company to challenge the US after NSA spying scandal
Box CEO Aaron Levie Calls Alleged NSA Spying ‘Inappropriate’
Box CEO calls for more transparency in government surveillance and says country-specific networks are a bad idea
Edward Snowden To Work As Tech Support For A Russian Website
Whistleblower Edward Snowden is set to start his new job on Friday
Deutsche Telekom Calls For ‘German Internet’ Following Spy Scandals
Operator wants to protect Germans from foreign surveillance over concerns Chancellor Angela Merkel's phone was monitored
Facebook Could Face Investigation In Ireland Over PRISM Data
A group of Austrian law students demands action from the Irish privacy watchdog
Microsoft Discloses 37,000 Law Enforcement Requests For 2013
For the first half of 2013 Microsoft received more than 37,000 data requests from global governments, not including national security inquiries
Users Must Take Charge Of Security In A Post-PRISM World
Sean Michael Kerner welcomes the User Data Manifesto, which says we should have control of of our own information
After PRISM, France’s Laurent Chemla Offers Secure Email
Could French activist Laurent Chemla's CALIOP fill the gap left by Lavabit and Silent Circle?
China To Probe EMC, IBM And Oracle Following US Spy Revelations
The PRISM fallout could hit US firms' operations in China
TechWeek Readers Abandon US Cloud Over Privacy
Our readers don't trust US cloud providers any more, it seems
Obama Proposes Broad Surveillance Review
President Obama's proposed changes to the NSA's surveillance regime faces staunch opposition within Congress, while privacy advocates say it does not go far enough
Poll: Will PRISM Turn You Off US Cloud Providers?
Now we know that the US authorities want to access data held by US cloud providers, will you take your custom elsewhere?
NSA To Lay Off 90 Percent Of Its System Administrators
According to director Keith Alexander, the measure is meant to improve the security of NSA data
Russian Authorities To Investigate Google’s Tax Practices
A Russian lawmaker accuses Google of tax avoidance, while a different investigation looks at data transfers possibly related to PRISM
Tech Giants Call For NSA Transparency
The IT backlash against NSA data requests grows as tech big names call for more transparency
German Government: There Are Two PRISMs
There's the PRISM of the NSA and the PRISM partly run by NATO, according to the German government
Microsoft Demands Right To Disclose NSA Requests
Microsoft has joined other tech firms in demanding the right to reveal government requests for data
MPs Declare GCHQ PRISM Access Lawful
GCHQ access to the controversial PRISM programme is legal, Intelligence and Security Committee says
Merkel Gets Behind Controversial European Data Protection Reform
European Commission's polarising data protection reforms get a boost thanks to Edward Snowden
Microsoft ‘Closely Collaborated’ With NSA To Decrypt Messages
Microsoft says it is only abiding by the law
Feds Told To Take ‘Time Out’ From Def Con Hacking Conference
Def Con founder says people need "time to think about how we got here" after Edward Snowden revelations
How Green Data Spilled A Snooper’s Secret
Boasting about your green tech is a bore, but in France's case, it turned out to be revealing, says Peter Judge
MIT Project Reveals What PRISM Knows About You
An MIT project shows Wayne Rash just how much information PRISM can get without opening a single email
PRISM: Privacy International Issues Legal Challenge Against GCHQ Snooping
Organisation hopes to make a dent in the UK government's alleged widespread snooping, but its legal challenge will be heard in secret
EU Parliament Promises ‘In-Depth Inquiry’ Into US Surveillance
Neelie Kroes warns PRISM's snooping will undermine European confidence in the cloud