From the Canadian Civil Liberties Association: On January 13, 2010, CCLA will intervene in a motion in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to ensure that freedom of speech on the Internet is given broad protection. The motion, brought by the former mayor of the municipality of Aurora, seeks information that would reveal identifying information about…
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PA: Pilot Program Uses GPS Technology To Track Sex Offenders
KDKA in Pennsylvania reports: More than 1,100 registered sex offenders live and work in Allegheny County and 43 of them are now wearing monitoring devices as a condition of their parole. District Attorney Stephen Zappala blames the nature of the crime for the need to better track these offenders. “Because the psychology of the crime…
WikiLeaks Twitter spying may break EU privacy law
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) will today pose an oral question to the European Commission, seeking clarification from the US on a subpoena demanding the micro-blogging site hand over users’ account details. ALDE members want to know why US investigators demanded the information when they hadn’t yet provided evidence that any crime…
EU: Mosley takes privacy legal battle to Europe
Andy McSmith reports: Max Mosley, the former president of Formula One, was in a European court yesterday hoping to secure a new law barring newspapers from publishing details of people’s private lives without forewarning. Mr Mosley is asking the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg to make it illegal for a newspaper to publish…