Anthony Garrod and Ben Smith provide an overview of data protection and privacy in the UAE: The UAE does not have a specific data protection law. There are, however, a number of provisions in a number of different laws that relate to data protection and privacy. The principle of a right to privacy of personal…
Category: Laws
Congress Revisits Mandatory Data Retention
I expect to see a slew of reports on yesterday’s Congressional hearing and I can’t post all of them, but will post some. Here’s one by Elizabeth Banker of Zwillinger Genetski: On January 25th, the House Judiciary Committee’s Crime Subcommittee held a hearing on the topic of mandatory data retention by service providers. The Subcommittee…
Finance Bill 2011 – impact on Irish data protection and computer crime law
TJ McIntyre writes: I’m indebted to Rossa McMahon and Daragh O’Brien for pointing out (via Twitter) two interesting provisions in the Finance Bill 2011 (PDF). Section 71 creates a new revenue offence of possessing or using computer tools for the purpose of evading tax: […] Section 73, meanwhile, creates what is in effect a parallel data protection system…
House Subcommittee Revives Mandatory Data Retention Debate…With a Surprise Attack on EFF
Richard Esguerra of EFF writes about the hearing yesterday on data retention, where the Dept. of Justice urged Congress to require greater data retention by ISPs to assist law enforcement: EFF believes that government-mandated data retention would be an overwhelmingly invasive and costly demand, raising serious privacy and free speech concerns — points well-argued at…