A U.K House of Lords committee has recommended that, in the long term, people operating drones for leisure may need to register…
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Zombie UK surveillance law re-buried for billionth time
Having tried to insert the wording of the rejected Communications Data Bill into new U.K. anti-terror legislation, then having withdrawn the amendment…
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Members of the U.K. House of Lords, who last week introduced amendments to an antiterror bill that would have essentially brought back…
Read MoreScrap anonymity at web service sign-up, UK Lords advise
In a report about tackling online issues like bullying and revenge porn, the Lords tentatively advised that web services should demand real names at sign-up, even if they then allow usage to be anonymous or pseudonymous.…
Read MoreThe UK’s “emergency” DRIP surveillance law is now a done deal
The House of Lords passed the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill on Thursday without a vote, and it received royal assent hours later. That means DRIP is law after just a few days' scrutiny.…
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