The UK’s Peter Mandelson says that parents and other internet account holders must pay for illegal downloads of copyright material. But, in a move typical of the Labour party’s pandering to vested interests and potentially large supporters, the rights will be enforced in favour of the film and music industries. Independent producers of other copyright…
Category: Laws
NSWLRC recommends privacy cause of action
The NSW Law Reform Commission in a report released [Thursday] ( but dated April) recommends the state adopt a civil action for breach of privacy, but only as part of national law reform, so privacy law would be uniform throughout Australia. The report clarifies when an individual should be able to claim compensation and places…
The FISMA challenge
Carolyn Duffy Marsan has an informative piece on Government Health IT about the different requirements of different pieces of federal legislation and how they impact sharing federally held health data with the private sector. She writes, in part: FISMA has 171 information security controls that are mandated for federal agencies. In contrast, the U.S. healthcare…
Za: Privacy law gets Cabinet nod
Cabinet has approved the Protection of Personal Information Bill to go before Parliament. The draft law has been nine years in the making and will have a profound impact on business, lawyers say. Yesterday, Cabinet spokesman Themba Maseko said the Bill was drafted by the South African Law Commission and seeks to protect the constitutional…