Scott McAngus reports: Two secondary schools in West Lothian are set to be forced to remove CCTV cameras from the pupil toilets after concerns were raised by parents. West Calder High and Whitburn Academy have cameras covering the sink areas in toilets, but West Lothian Council is reviewing its guidelines following “a small number of…
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Phippine House approves Data Privacy Act of 2011
The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a measure that will protect individual personal data in information and communications systems in the government and in the private sector. House Bill 4115 seeks to ensure that the personal information and communications system in government and in the private sectors are secure and…
Google fined $142,000 for Street View wi-fi debacle
AFP reports that France’s data privacy regulator has imposed a fine of 100,000 euros ($142,000) on Google for having collected private information while compiling its panoramic Street View service. The fine appears to the largest one ever handed out since the regulator was given the authority to issue fines in 2004. Read about it on Times of…
UK: Schools fight biometric consent law
Irena Barker reports: Headteachers are set to incur the wrath of civil liberties campaigners after challenging new laws that would force them to seek permission from both parents to use children’s biometric data. The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) claims a new bill forcing them to gain consent would be a “huge bureaucratic…