Jessica Lake writes: The Brocial Network, a men-only group on Facebook where members share images of their scantily clad women ”friends”, has reignited calls for tougher privacy laws for social media in Australia. But this is not the first time the voyeuristic dissemination of women’s pictures has resulted in privacy law-reform debates. More than a…
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UK: Superinjunctions granted far too readily, judges say
Owen Bowcott reports: Superinjunctions should only be granted in “very limited circumstances” and normally for short periods of time, according to an influential judicial committee studying privacy orders. In a report (pdf) that repeatedly stresses the importance of “open justice”, the study headed by the Master of the Rolls, Lord Neuberger, proposes giving the media advance notice…
Retention of DNA breaches Article 8, says Supreme Court
Rosalind English writes: R (on the application of GC) (FC) (Appellant) v The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis – read judgment. Read Supreme Court’s press release. A declaration has been granted by a majority in the Supreme Court that police policy of DNA retention is unlawful because it is incompatible with article 8 of…
Report: Limit Searches of Electronic Devices – and Jacob Appelbaum!
Okay, yes, I added Jacob Appelbaum’s name to the headline. It seemed appropriate. The Associated Press reports: Travelers carry so much personal information on laptops, computer disks and smartphones that routine searches of electronic devices at the nation’s borders are too intrusive now, in the view of a bipartisan panel that includes a Republican conservative…