Who do you think should be responsible?

Rogers, TekSavvy Transparency Reports Highlight Extent Of Government Snooping

Rogers Communications and internet service start-up TekSavvy have released the first-ever transparency reports from Canadian telecom companies, and what they have to say won’t lessen the concerns of privacy activists.

Rogers reported that it got 174,917 government requests for information about subscribers last year, or about 480 requests per day. That’s nearly one request for subscriber data per 54 Rogers customers every year.

Some 74,000 requests came by way of court order, indicating that more than 100,000 data requests were warrantless.

Of the total, 711 had to do with “child sexual exploitation emergency assistance requests,” as Rogers classified it — though child pornography and exploitation are usually cited as among the top reasons for expanding government surveillance powers.

Rogers did not say how often it complied with the requests, but noted that “if we consider an order to be too broad, we push back and, if necessary, go to court to oppose the request.”

Perhaps responding to allegations that some telecoms are giving police open access to their customer databases, Rogers said it does not do so.

5 reasons we're losing the fight for online privacy

by Paul Coletti 

 http://www.computerworld.com/article/2486731/data-privacy/5-reasons-we-re-losing-the-fight-for-online-privacy.html

1. The path of least resistance

 

2. The value of data

 

3. The pervasiveness of technology

 

4. The stunting of development

 

5. The coming demographic deluge, a.k.a. the clincher

Don't you feel like your being stalked online?

Funds Invest in Privacy Start-Ups

Wall Street Journals
Online privacy start-up ReputationDefender Inc. plans to disclose that it has raised $15 million in new venture funding—even though the company wasn't actively looking for new cash. SafetyWeb Inc., which helps parents monitor their kids' online activities, said it closed $8 million in funding. And Truste, which offers seals of approval to websites that meet certain privacy standards, raised $12 million. 
Should we trust them? 

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