Vito Pilieci reports: Canadian judges and politicians have grown too old and out of touch with the reality of today’s digital world to be trusted to make sound policy decisions, according to Ontario’s Privacy Commissioner. Speaking at the Privacy & Information Security Congress 2011 conference in Ottawa on Monday, Ann Cavoukian expressed her frustration with…
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Courts Grapple with Concept of “Harm” in Online Privacy Suits
Glenn G. Lammi is clearly not a fan of the type of class action lawsuits we’ve been seeing on a weekly basis: The fundamental legal principle that only those who have been “harmed” can sue in U.S. courts is being put to the test by the ever-evolving, subjective concept of “privacy” in the equally organic…
Commentary: Mosley is criticized for suing Google, but walk a mile in his shoes first
James Cusick reports in The Independent: Max Mosley’s legal attempt to force Google in France and Germany to act as a self-appointed censor and remove controversial material ahead of any formal court order, would “fundamentally alter the web”, according to a leading free-speech pressure group. Mr Mosley, the former head of world motorsport who won a…
Will the European Court of Justice stymie attempts to identify Internet users?
TJ McIntyre calls our attention to an important opinion: This time last year I blogged about Bonnier Audio v. Perfect Communication, the Swedish case which questioned whether data retained under the Data Retention Directive could be used in litigation to identify users accused of infringing copyright. In that case five audiobook companies brought an action against Perfect…