BlackBerry maker vows privacy safeguard amid probe

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OTTAWA - Research In Motion vowed Tuesday to defend the legal privacy rights of BlackBerry users after a judicial commission in Pakistan ordered copies of smartphone communications in a scandal probe.
The Canadian firm reacted to news that a Pakistani commission was seeking records for a probe into an unsigned memo purported to ask for Washington's help to rein in Pakistan's military.
The highly controversial memo was allegedly an attempt by a close aide of President Asif Ali Zardari to enlist the US military's help to head off a military coup in May in Pakistan.
It was made public in October by Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz.
On Monday, the commission directed Pakistan government officials to obtain the BlackBerry "record of conversation" between Ijaz and a former envoy to the US accused of crafting the memo, Husain Haqqani.
Haqqani resigned over the affair and the Supreme Court has stopped him from leaving Pakistan. He has denied any involvement in the scandal.
Canada-based RIM, which makes the BlackBerry, said, "Like others in our industry, from time to time, we may receive requests from legal authorities for lawful access assistance."
The company statement added: "We are guided by appropriate legal processes and publicly disclosed lawful access principles in this regard as we balance any such requests against our priority of maintaining the privacy rights of our users."

3 Responses to BlackBerry maker vows privacy safeguard amid probe

  1. Beatle says:

    The matter requires another judicial commission to probe into the real motives of RIM. And perhaps ‘The Sacred Court’ should ask the government for a ban on BlachBerry.

  2. Abrar says:

    Very predictable reply from RIM…. It is a known fact that RIM is US CIA operated enterprise and this service was created to facilitate CIA ops worldwide. Zardari's return and PMs comments against Army are anybody's guess. I am very certain that all this was linked with surities from USA that RIM will not reveal any data and memogate will die its own death.

  3. Aminullah Chaudry says:

    If RIM is a "US CIA" operated enterprise why dont we all boycott it?

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