Dutch Vote on Internet Tapping Laws: Majority Likely to Support Legislation
7 years ago

Dutch Vote on Internet Tapping Laws: Majority Likely to Support Legislation

Dutch News  

Dutch citizens can today vote in a referendum on whether to give far-reaching powers to the two security services to gather information, particularly via phone and internet taps. The law is due to come into effect in May and has already been passed by both houses of parliament. However, over 400,000 people signed a petition calling for a referendum, hence today’s vote. The referendum is advisory and comes a month after the government agreed to abolish the principle of advisory referendums altogether. Nevertheless, some 53% of people who said they are likely to vote, now plan to vote yes.

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New Dutch leader bans phones in Cabinet meetings to dial back espionage threat
7 months ago

New Dutch leader bans phones in Cabinet meetings to dial back espionage threat

The Independent  

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New Dutch leader bans phones in Cabinet meetings to dial back espionage threat
7 months ago

New Dutch leader bans phones in Cabinet meetings to dial back espionage threat

Associated Press  

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The new Dutch prime minister has banned cell phones and other mobile devices from the weekly meetings of his Cabinet in a move aimed at dialing back the risk of digital eavesdropping by spies. It’s a very simple measure — all the phones in a safe,” Dick Schoof, a former head of the national intelligence agency, …

Opponents take narrow lead in wire-tap law referendum
7 years ago

Opponents take narrow lead in wire-tap law referendum

NL Times  

With 80 percent of the votes in the referendum on whether or not to implement a new law for the Dutch intelligence and security services counted, opponents to the law are taking the lead. This new law - officially called the Intelligence and Security Law, but also referred to by opponents as the Big Data Law - gives the Netherlands' …

Dutch Vote on Internet Tapping Laws: Majority Likely to Support Legislation
7 years ago

Dutch Vote on Internet Tapping Laws: Majority Likely to Support Legislation

Dutch News  

Dutch citizens can today vote in a referendum on whether to give far-reaching powers to the two security services to gather information, particularly via phone and internet taps. The law is due to come into effect in May and has already been passed by both houses of parliament, but over 400,000 people signed a petition calling for a referendum, hence …

Majority of Dutch plan to vote for Big Data law in referendum: polls
7 years ago

Majority of Dutch plan to vote for Big Data law in referendum: polls

NL Times  

More Dutch plan to vote for a law that will give the Dutch intelligence services more capabilities to eavesdrop on people than plan to vote against. An I&O research poll on March 14th shows that 51 percent of respondents plan to vote for implementing this law, 30 percent will vote against and 19 percent don't know yet. A Peil.nl poll …

Dutch senate agrees controversial tapping law
7 years, 8 months ago

Dutch senate agrees controversial tapping law

Dutch News  

The Dutch senate has passed a controversial new tapping law, allowing secret services to collect information on a much larger scale. Although concerns were raised about ‘mass surveillance’ when the law was debated and passed by Dutch MPs in February, all parties had agreed 2002 legislation needed to be updated in the light of the digital revolution. The NOS reports …

Dutch parliament likely to vote in data mining law today
8 years, 1 month ago

Dutch parliament likely to vote in data mining law today

NL Times  

The lower house of Dutch parliament is debating a new data mining law that will give the Dutch intelligence services AIVD and MIVD the power to intercept data streams on large scales. The new law gives the intelligence services the capability to intercept all forms of wire communication, including telephone, internet, email and social media. But data tapping must always …

Experts warn that new internet tap law gives security service too much power
8 years, 3 months ago

Experts warn that new internet tap law gives security service too much power

Dutch News  

A group of 29 terrorism and privacy experts have written to parliament calling for change to the planned new law to give more powers to the Dutch secret service, broadcaster NOS said on Tuesday. The law gives the AIVD and MIVD much wider powers to tap phone and internet traffic and does not contain sufficient checks and balances, the experts …

AIVD calls for powers to monitor online chat messaging
8 years, 6 months ago

AIVD calls for powers to monitor online chat messaging

Dutch News  

Intelligence chief Rob Bertholee has called on the cabinet to restrict the encryption of messages on chat services such as WhatsApp and Telegram. Bertholee told the Volkskrant that the Dutch security service AIVD needed to be able to ‘see into the communications of those who constitute a threat.’ In response to concerns of privacy campagaigners about giving the security services …

Online snooping ok, Cyber policing critical, say Dutch residents
9 years, 10 months ago

Online snooping ok, Cyber policing critical, say Dutch residents

NL Times  

63 percent of Dutch people believe that the government should not be allowed to sneakily watch what's going on on their computers in order to prevent cyber crime. Yet most citizens fear that the risk of becoming a victim of cybercrime is significant, and 86 percent think that the government should fight cybercrime more actively. The results of the study …

Dutch security services do break law on intercepting phone traffic
11 years ago

Dutch security services do break law on intercepting phone traffic

Dutch News  

The Dutch security services have broken the law in intercepting telephone and internet traffic but there is no evidence of massive phone tapping operations like those of America’s NSA, according to a new report. The security services regulator CTIVD said security service agents do sometimes set taps without permission from the minister as required by law. However, the law does …

Dutch security services do break law on intercepting phone traffic
11 years ago

Dutch security services do break law on intercepting phone traffic

Dutch News  

The Dutch security services have broken the law in intercepting telephone and internet traffic but there is no evidence of massive phone tapping operations like those of America’s NSA, according to a new report. The security services regulator CTIVD said security service agents do sometimes set taps without permission from the minister as required by law. However, the law does …

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