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…
Category: Laws
California looks to protect smart meter data
Jaikumar Vijayan reports: California’s Public Utilities Commission has proposed a new set of rules for protecting the security and privacy of consumer data collected by the state’s utility companies via new smart metering technology. The proposal aims to secure customer usage data collected by smart meters deployed by the Pacific Gas and Electric, San Diego…
Trying to define “sensitive” data
Peter Fleischer compares the EU definition of “sensitive personal data” to the definition in India’s new law and finds the EU definition lacking: The European Data Protection Directive defines them as: “personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade-union membership, and the processing of data concerning health or sex…
Judge orders release of disputed Jared Lee Loughner emails
Forest Carr reports: Many of the so-far secret Pima College documents about its most dangerous student will soon be public. Pima College issued a statement late Wednesday afternoon saying that it will not appeal a judge’s ruling ordering the college to release certain disputed emails regarding accused mass shooter Jared Lee Loughner. “The court has…