It appears that a massive data breach affecting 35 million South Koreans who use popular portal and social networking sites Nate and Cyworld has served as a wake-up call for the government: The South Korea government will push ahead with plans to scrap the current real-name system for Internet users in the wake of the…
Category: Laws
New Zealand law acknowledges privacy right in publication of private information
Peter Timmins writes: And they live to tell the tale, believe it or not. The issue of a right to sue for beach of privacy wasn’t mentioned in theStage 4 report of the New Zealand Law Commission released this week. The subject was addressed in the Stage 3 report last year (Chapter 7). To summarise, New Zealand law recognises a…
Senate panel votes to extend surveillance law
Pete Yost of Associated Press reports: The Senate Intelligence Committee has voted to extend a wide-ranging surveillance law targeting foreigners overseas, but Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon says he will block the measure unless the public is told more about the law’s impact on people living in the United States. In a closed-door session,…
AU: Telstra seeks timeout on data retention
John Hillvert reports: Telstra has sought an 18-month exemption from proposed laws that would require telcos to preserve data on persons suspected of serious crimes. Although “generally supportive” of the Cybercrime Legislation Amendment Bill, spokesman James Shaw said Telstra had “serious concerns” about the lack of time to be afforded to telcos to transition to…