A hospital in Luton has launched an internal review following reports that an NHS nurse allegedly rang the relative of a teenage girl who had been admitted to hospital with complications following an abortion. According to reports, the 16-year-old girl was thrown out of her home when her devoutly Catholic mother was informed of her…
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Will an Expanded Right of Privacy Deter China’s Internet Vigilantes?
Stanley Lubman writes: A new legal development in China could have broad implications for domestic internet users – and, more significantly, for meaningful legal reform. The comprehensive Tort Liability Law that was passed in late December by the China’s National People’s Congress includes a provision that gives citizens the right to sue for infringement of…
Facebook, LinkedIn Resist New Privacy Regs
Kenneth Corbin writes: Representatives of some of the leading social sites on the Web today urged federal regulators to resist calls to establish heavy-handed rules that would set limits on the use of consumer data on social networks, warning that far-reaching regulations would threaten to choke off a fast-growing sector of the digital economy. The…
Google Fixes Toolbar Privacy Flaw – or Does It? (Updated)
Oops… although I reported concerns about Google’s toolbar identified by Ben Edelman, I seem to have missed the follow-up that Google subsequently addressed his concerns. Thomas Claburn of Information Week reported: Indeed, Google has acknowledged that its Toolbar wasn’t working as it should have been and has issued fix. “To be clear, this is only…