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…
Category: Non-U.S.
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…
The Review of the EU Data Protection Framework v. The State of Online Consumer Privacy in the US
In a recent blog entry on EDiscoveryMap, Monique Altheim highlights some of the differences between EU and U.S. approaches to privacy regulation, contrasting the differences between yesterday’s Senate hearing on consumer privacy and a talk given by Viviane Reding, Vice President of the European Commission, Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, “The Review of…
Swedish Parliament delays approval of data retention law
Mikael Ricknäs reports: Sweden will not put into effect the E.U. Data Retention Directive for at least a year, after a vote in the Parliament on Wednesday postponed the implementation of the directive. Approval of the directive would have made it mandatory for operators to store user data. […] The European Commission — the E.U.’s…