Jude Karabus reports: The acting Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information has officially warned the city’s Senate Chancellery not to use the on-demand version of Zoom’s videoconferencing software. Referring to the European Court of Justice Schrems II decision of July 2020, Ulrich Kühn claimed the software violates the EU General Data Protection Directive (GDPR) as…
Category: Laws
Should Doxing Be Illegal?
Emma Betuel writes: In 2016, a “troll storm” hit Tanya Gersh, a Jewish wedding planner and real estate agent in Montana. The storm began when Andrew Anglin, the editor of the Neo-Nazi publication The Daily Stormer, published her photo, phone numbers, email addresses, and social media profiles, including one belonging to her young son. Her…
UK: Activist raided by police after downloading London property firm’s ‘confidential’ meeting minutes from Google Search
Gareth Corfield reports: A man who viewed documents online for a controversial London property development and shared them on social media was raided by police after developers claimed there had been a break-in to their systems. The raid by four Metropolitan Police constables took place after Southwark campaigner Robert Hutchinson was reportedly accused of illegally…
UK: Revealed: anti-terror snooping law used for fly-tippers and parking
Yohannes Lowe reports: Councils have used controversial surveillance legislation to combat “low-level” offences, such as the misuse of blue badge parking permits, fly-tipping and benefit fraud, an Observer investigation has found. The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa) 2000 gives certain public bodies the right – under limited circumstances – to conduct surveillance activities, including for crime prevention and national…