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Updated: Shops secretly track customers via mobile phone

Updated @ 2008/05/20 21:40 GMT Spy blog reports it has received more details on the FootPath system from the manufacturer. Their update provides factual corrections to the original story. I have therefore included appropriate updates here too. The Times reports that customers in some shopping centres are being secretly tracked without their knowledge using signals [...]

Are American privacy safeguards set to beat UK standards?

Earlier this month, my ISP (PlusNet) got hacked, exposing its webmail system to spammers. The volume of spam I receive doubled overnight as a result, even though I don’t use their online email system. This kind of security breach is nothing new. In fact it happens on a frequent basis, though the news is often [...]