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William Goodwin
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Shall we care about Europol? The answer is... Read our latest investigation to catch a glimpse about what the agency is doing to accelerate the AI transformation of policing across the EU, with minimal safeguards. www.computerweekly.com/news/3666344...
Hungry for data: Inside Europol’s secretive AI programme | Computer Weekly
The EU’s law enforcement agency has been quietly amassing data to feed an ambitious but secretive artificial intelligence development programme that could have far-reaching privacy implications for pe...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Btw 2020 and 2021 Europol landed enormous volumes of data as a part of three mega-hack operations that dismantled encrypted communication systems. This would become the starting point of the agency's AI ambitions. New investigation out with @giacomoza.bsky.social and @stavinoha.bsky.social
Hungry for data: Inside Europol’s secretive AI programme | Computer Weekly
The EU’s law enforcement agency has been quietly amassing data to feed an ambitious but secretive artificial intelligence development programme that could have far-reaching privacy implications for pe...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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A big thank you to the experts+editors that supported this two years long effort: @annskaja.bsky.social @krisshrishak.bsky.social @lydiaemman.bsky.social @billgoodwin.bsky.social @nunomoniz.bsky.social @article19.bsky.social @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social and Seb. Klovig Skelton from CW.
November 13, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Scoop in @computerweekly.bsky.social- A "major issue" with the PSNI's ControlWorks software (used to record info reported by the public) led to a delay in critical info being passed to investigators during a fast-moving investigation @billgoodwin.bsky.social
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Major software issue occurred in PSNI emergency call system | Computer Weekly
An issue with Police Service of Northern Ireland’s (PSNI) ControlWorks software, used to record information reported by the public, led to a delay in urgent information being passed to investigators.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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'A separate case brought against the Home Office by Privacy International, Liberty and two individuals, which challenges the lawfulness of the technical capability notice, is expected to continue.' www.computerweekly.com/news/3666325...
Apple and Home Office agree to drop legal claim over encryption backdoor | Computer Weekly
Apple has agreed with the Home Office to drop its legal claim against a government order requiring it to provide intelligence and law enforcement with the capability to access encrypted data of Apple ...
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October 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Apple and Home Office agree to drop legal claim over encryption backdoor
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666325... @ianbrown.tech @bernardkeenan.bsky.social @privacyinternational.org
Apple and Home Office agree to drop legal claim over encryption backdoor | Computer Weekly
Apple has agreed with the Home Office to drop its legal claim against a government order requiring it to provide intelligence and law enforcement with the capability to access encrypted data of Apple ...
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October 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Police ordered to give reasons in closed court for seizing phone of UK Hamas lawyer | Computer Weekly
A London court orders police to disclose reasons for seizing the phone of a UK lawyer that represented Hamas but refused an injunction to prevent police reviewing the phone until after judicial review
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October 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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PSNI appoints legal counsel to report on police conduct after McCullough surveillance review | Computer Weekly
The PSNI has commissioned a senior lawyer to review whether there was any misconduct by police officers following an independent review that found police unlawfully monitored journalists’ phone data, ...
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October 2, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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"A mandatory digital ID scheme would completely reverse the nature of our relationship with the state, turning Britain into a “papers, please” society and inserting the state into many everyday interactions."
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September 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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www.computerweekly.com/news/3666313... #surviellance #law #journalism #PSNI
PSNI chief sorry over failure to delete data unlawfully seized from journalists | Computer Weekly
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September 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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French court ruling may lead to legal challenges over state Sky ECC and EncroChat phone hack

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#Law #surviellance
French court ruling may lead to legal challenges over state Sky ECC and EncroChat phone hack | Computer Weekly
The French supreme court has turned to the European Court of Justice to decide whether EU citizens have the right to challenge the legality of evidence obtained by French law enforcement by hacking th...
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September 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Lawyer who represented Hamas seeks judicial review and injunction after police seized his work phone containing 98% legally priviliged material
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666301... #Schedule7 #legal #TerrorismAct #lawyer
Hamas lawyer challenges police after they seized legal files from phone in Schedule 7 stop | Computer Weekly
A lawyer representing Hamas in a legal case in the UK is challenging the legality of the seizure of his mobile phone after he was stopped and questioned by police. Welsh police stopped Fahad Ansari’s ...
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September 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Breaking - MI5 unlawfully monitored the phone of BBC journalist Vincent Kearney
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666312... #ipt #court #legal #surveillance
MI5 unlawfully monitored the phone of BBC journalist Vincent Kearney | Computer Weekly
The Security Service MI5 has admitted unlawfully spying on the phone of former BBC investigative journalist Vincent Kearney. The Investigatory Powers Tribunal heard today that the security service has...
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September 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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EU to decide on mandatory scanning of encrypted messages

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Chat Control: EU to decide on requirement for tech firms to scan encrypted messages | Computer Weekly
Law enforcement and police experts are meeting on Friday to decide on proposals to require technology companies, such as Signal and WhatsApp, to scan encrypted messages for possible child abuse images...
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September 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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A landmark case is unfolding at the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal that could reshape the software industry. ValueLicensing is suing Microsoft for £270m, claiming it unlawfully restricted businesses from reselling unused software licenses. #TechLaw #Competition #Microsoft
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Court to decide whether it is lawful for enterprises to sell unwanted software licences | Computer Weekly
Microsoft has been accused of abusing its market position by stifling the sale of second-hand copies of its Windows operating system and Office software, in a long-running battle over the lawfulness o...
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September 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Northern Ireland police kept inspectors in dark over surveillance of journalists | Computer Weekly
Northern Ireland police failed to disclose two covert surveillance operations against journalists to the UK’s independent surveillance watchdog in breach of their statutory obligations. The Police Ser...
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September 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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www.computerweekly.com/news/3666301... #Schrems #legal #Latombe #dataprotection #privacy #DPRC #DataPrivacyFramework #EUCourt
European court upholds EU-US Data Privacy Framework data-sharing agreement | Computer Weekly
EU General Court upholds EU-US Data Privacy Framework, bringing certainty to businesses that exchange data with the US – for now. An appeal may be in the offing.
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September 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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New- with details and analysis www.computerweekly.com/news/3666300... #encryption #Apple @jessicashurson.bsky.social @susansegfault.bsky.social Thanks to @bernardkeenan.bsky.social
Home Office ‘back door’ seeks world-wide access to Apple iCloud users’ data, court documents confirm | Computer Weekly
The Home Office sought access to data and messages stored by Apple users on its cloud storage in the UK and overseas by demanding a ‘back door’ to Apple’s iCloud service, a court document has revealed...
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August 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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US and UK end diplomatic row over UK encryption ‘back door’ order against Apple, but it remains unclear whether Apple will restore advance encryption services to UK user
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666294... #encryption #investigatorypowers #surveillance
US says UK has agreed to drop encryption ‘back door’ demands against Apple | Computer Weekly
US and UK end diplomatic row over UK encryption ‘back door’ order against Apple, but it remains unclear whether Apple will restore advance encryption services to UK users.
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August 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Watching the watchers

Are the small group of academics and technical experts that advise the UK's surveillance oversight organisation a match for MI5, MI6 and GCHQ?

#InvestigatoryPowers #IPCO #TAP #DameMuffyCalder
August 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Updated - Court refuses WhatsApp right to intervene in Apple legal action on encryption ‘backdoors’ www.computerweekly.com/news/3666279... @privacyinternational.org @susansegfault.bsky.social @ianbrown.tech
WhatsApp is refused right to intervene in Apple legal action on encryption ‘backdoors’ | Computer Weekly
Investigatory Powers Tribunal to hear arguments in public over lawfulness of secret UK order requiring Apple to give UK law enforcement access to users’ encrypted data stored on the Apple iCloud.
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July 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Fresh allegations of ‘sustained’ police and MI5 surveillance against BBC reporters

👉Surveillance against BBC journalists allegedly took place during multiple PSNI operations in 2009, 2011, 2014 and 2022
Fresh allegations of ‘sustained’ police and MI5 surveillance against BBC reporters | Computer Weekly
The Investigatory Powers Tribunal is investigating claims that police spied on the phone of investigative journalist Chris Moore amid further claims of a sustained monitoring operation against BBC rep...
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July 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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ICYI - UK government officials say that attempts by the Home Office to require Apple to introduce ‘back doors’ to its secure encrypted storage service will cross US red lines

www.computerweekly.com/news/3666279... #surviellance #encryption ‪@susansegfault.bsky.social‬
UK may be seeking to pull back from Apple encryption row with US | Computer Weekly
The government may be seeking to pull back from a diplomatic row with the US over UK demands to require Apple to give the UK access to secure data stored by Apple users. UK government officials have t...
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July 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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The Foundation for Information Policy Research is today publishing a policy explainer of the ongoing case between Apple and the Home Office, in which we outline the issues and our views on them as experts in law, cryptography, policy, security, and criminology. You can find it here: www.fipr.org
July 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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New- www.computerweekly.com/news/3666275... @ianbrown.tech @douwekorff.bsky.social @mariafarrell.bsky.social #EDPS #dataprotection #law #politics
European Commission accused of rigging data watchdog appointment | Computer Weekly
The European Commission has been accused of rigging the selection process for the next European Data Protection supervisor.
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July 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM