Limits on police investigations
It turns out that an uncle of yours is suspected of accessing child pornography. His email and phone records have been examined by the police. Your details are on those records.
Without your knowledge your phone is tapped and your emails read. This continues for over a year, despite nothing out of order being discovered.
What could you do? What could the government do?
Related Background Materials
The UK government's Home Office has backed down from plans that were due to be revealed in this year’s Queens Speech and would have forced UK broadband ISPs to block online child abuse websites. Failure to comply with the mandatory order would ....
Last week, an obscure quasi-non-govermental agency called the Internet Watch Foundation was catapaulted into the spotlight on the news that they'd classed an image from Wikipedia as child pornography and that as a result, the page was blocked for 95% ...
Since its incorporation just over five years ago, Facebook has undergone a remarkable transformation. When it started, it was a private space for communication with a group of your choice. Soon, it transformed into a platform where much of your informatio
The publicity about online “predators” who prey on naive children using trickery and violence is largely inaccurate. Internet sex crimes involving adults and juveniles more often fit a model of statutory rape—adult offenders who meet, develop ...
What is the Role and Remit of the IWF
IWF's core function is to provide an internet Hotline for the public to report their accidental exposure to criminal online content within our remit and as the national 'notice and take-down' body for that content so it is quickly removed ....
A Report of an Inquiry by the All Party Parliamentary Communications Group in October 2009. The All Party Parliamentary Communications Group (apComms) is an independent group of MPs and Lords, from all political parties, which seeks to encourage ...
US and Egyptian authorities have charged 100 people with conducting a phishing operation that siphoned at least $1.5m from thousands of accounts belonging to Bank of America and Well Fargo customers.
Phishing attacks reached a record high during the second quarter of 2009, with 151,000 unique attacks, according to a study by brand reputation firm MarkMonitor
UK online banking fraud losses rose 55 per cent to hit £39m for the first half of 2009, according to banking industry figures published on Tuesday.
Participation in social networkingsites has dramatically increased in recent years. Services such as Friendster, Tribe, or Facebook allow millions of individuals to create online profiles and share personal information with vast networks of friends - and,
This Article provides the first comprehensive analysis of the law and policy of privacy on social network sites, using Facebook as its principal example. It explains how Facebook users socialize on the site, why they misunderstand the risks involved ...
LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Bebo, Youtube, Flickr, Ning, MeetUp. The options go on and on.
Social networking has exploded in popularity in the last few years - so much so that this fun, collaborative resource has started to become a part of ...
Spy chiefs are already spending hundreds of millions of pounds on a mass internet surveillance system, despite Jacqui Smith's announcement earlier this week that proposals for a central warehouse of communications data had been dumped on privacy grounds.
Identity Fraud is one of the UK's fastest growing crimes, affecting individuals and businesses alike. Although most people know about it, our research shows that consumers and businesses are not aware of, or not taking the steps they could and should ...
EU data protection law needs to be more closely harmonized, the European Commission's vice president has said.Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Commissioner Viviane Reding said that laws adopted by the European Union's 27 member states ...
Complaints about potential privacy violations soared by 30% last year, according to regulator the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). Complaints about public bodies' failure to comply with the Freedom of Information Act jumped by 20%.
The Government will review the use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA), the law that governs state tapping of phone, email and internet use. The law will be looked at as part of a wider review of counter-terrorism laws.
Hackers Targeting Them for Your Personal Info, but You Can Protect It?
A Journal investigation finds that one of the fastest-growing businesses on the Internet is the business of spying on consumers.
There have always been scams. Get-rich-quick letters, pyramid schemes, fake competitions, charities that don’t exist
Stephen Timms, Jeremy Hunt and Lord Razzall represent Labour, the Conservatives and the Lib Dems in a extended podcast, discussing their technology related policies for the general election.
Typography animation about how you give away your information online.
A short guide to recognizing and avoiding phishing scams by CommonCraft
Short video from CEOP on reporting child abuse
Paedophiles act out child abuse in Second Life
You've probably seen ads saying one in five children is sexually solicited online. Well, the ad campaign is lying about its statistics. We get serious and talk about the problems with keeping kids offline because of our fear of predators.
What does a friend of a friend of a friend know about you?
You live your life online -- and anyone can read it. Should employers be able to troll your Facebook or MySpace page?
Teeming with chatrooms, online discussion groups, and blogs, the Internet offers previously unimagined opportunities for personal expression and communication.
Facebook in Reality
Worldwide ID Theft busted
Identity Theft
The UK government's Home Office has backed down from plans that were due to be revealed in this year’s Queens Speech and would have forced UK broadband ISPs to block online child abuse websites. Failure to comply with the mandatory order would ....
Last week, an obscure quasi-non-govermental agency called the Internet Watch Foundation was catapaulted into the spotlight on the news that they'd classed an image from Wikipedia as child pornography and that as a result, the page was blocked for 95% ...
The publicity about online “predators” who prey on naive children using trickery and violence is largely inaccurate. Internet sex crimes involving adults and juveniles more often fit a model of statutory rape—adult offenders who meet, develop ...
What is the Role and Remit of the IWF
IWF's core function is to provide an internet Hotline for the public to report their accidental exposure to criminal online content within our remit and as the national 'notice and take-down' body for that content so it is quickly removed ....
A Report of an Inquiry by the All Party Parliamentary Communications Group in October 2009. The All Party Parliamentary Communications Group (apComms) is an independent group of MPs and Lords, from all political parties, which seeks to encourage ...
Typography animation about how you give away your information online.
US and Egyptian authorities have charged 100 people with conducting a phishing operation that siphoned at least $1.5m from thousands of accounts belonging to Bank of America and Well Fargo customers.
Phishing attacks reached a record high during the second quarter of 2009, with 151,000 unique attacks, according to a study by brand reputation firm MarkMonitor
UK online banking fraud losses rose 55 per cent to hit £39m for the first half of 2009, according to banking industry figures published on Tuesday.
Participation in social networkingsites has dramatically increased in recent years. Services such as Friendster, Tribe, or Facebook allow millions of individuals to create online profiles and share personal information with vast networks of friends - and,
This Article provides the first comprehensive analysis of the law and policy of privacy on social network sites, using Facebook as its principal example. It explains how Facebook users socialize on the site, why they misunderstand the risks involved ...
LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Bebo, Youtube, Flickr, Ning, MeetUp. The options go on and on.
Social networking has exploded in popularity in the last few years - so much so that this fun, collaborative resource has started to become a part of ...
Spy chiefs are already spending hundreds of millions of pounds on a mass internet surveillance system, despite Jacqui Smith's announcement earlier this week that proposals for a central warehouse of communications data had been dumped on privacy grounds.
Identity Fraud is one of the UK's fastest growing crimes, affecting individuals and businesses alike. Although most people know about it, our research shows that consumers and businesses are not aware of, or not taking the steps they could and should ...
EU data protection law needs to be more closely harmonized, the European Commission's vice president has said.Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Commissioner Viviane Reding said that laws adopted by the European Union's 27 member states ...
Complaints about potential privacy violations soared by 30% last year, according to regulator the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). Complaints about public bodies' failure to comply with the Freedom of Information Act jumped by 20%.
The Government will review the use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA), the law that governs state tapping of phone, email and internet use. The law will be looked at as part of a wider review of counter-terrorism laws.
Since its incorporation just over five years ago, Facebook has undergone a remarkable transformation. When it started, it was a private space for communication with a group of your choice. Soon, it transformed into a platform where much of your informatio
Hackers Targeting Them for Your Personal Info, but You Can Protect It?
A Journal investigation finds that one of the fastest-growing businesses on the Internet is the business of spying on consumers.
A short guide to recognizing and avoiding phishing scams by CommonCraft
There have always been scams. Get-rich-quick letters, pyramid schemes, fake competitions, charities that don’t exist
Stephen Timms, Jeremy Hunt and Lord Razzall represent Labour, the Conservatives and the Lib Dems in a extended podcast, discussing their technology related policies for the general election.
Short video from CEOP on reporting child abuse
Paedophiles act out child abuse in Second Life
You've probably seen ads saying one in five children is sexually solicited online. Well, the ad campaign is lying about its statistics. We get serious and talk about the problems with keeping kids offline because of our fear of predators.
What does a friend of a friend of a friend know about you?
You live your life online -- and anyone can read it. Should employers be able to troll your Facebook or MySpace page?
Teeming with chatrooms, online discussion groups, and blogs, the Internet offers previously unimagined opportunities for personal expression and communication.
Facebook in Reality
Worldwide ID Theft busted
Identity Theft
Related Topics
Identity theft refers to fraud that involves someone pretending to be someone else in order to steal money or get other benefits. The person whose identity is used can suffer the consequences when he or she is held responsible for those actions.
Due to the nature of child abuse, it is difficult to assess the full extent of online child abuse. It has, however, been estimated that there are over 100,000 websites worldwide containing images of children being abused.
Get Involved
