A couple of weeks ago the iPhone social application Path was under fire because it was discovered that they've been uploading users' address books onto their servers without asking or telling them. Subsequently it's been revealed that this is a common practice across the entire industry:
Submitted by joseph on February 19, 2012 - 12:54am
The CON artists are up to no good again, with proposed legislation modeled on the scary Patriot Act in the US. Rallying behind a favourite fear-mongers cry of "protect the children", they attempt to deprive us of basic civil privacies.
I've been supporting Eco-justice, formally Sierra Legal Defense Fund, for nearly 2 decades. I've been consistently impressed by the results these folks get by using our legal system to force corporations and governments to play by the rules.
Submitted by Peter Johnston on February 9, 2012 - 4:13pm
Islands Trust Budget comments
Friday noon is the deadline to submit your comments on the proposed Islands Trust 2012-13 budget in time for the Financial Planning Committee to consider them.
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