Bill Henry reports: Meaford officials now say they will not name the anonymous online blogger who they say maligned senior staff and the mayor during last fall’s election. The municipality’s lawyers advise against releasing the information, chief administrator Frank Miele said. Information obtained through two court orders has confirmed a single person created the blog…
Category: Non-U.S.
‘Aadhar’ does not breach privacy: Nilekani
NEW DELHI: Allaying privacy fears surrounding ‘Aadhar’, the Unique Identification Authority of India Chairman Nandan Nilekani said the project would in no way put at risk citizens’ security and rights. Delivering a lecture on ‘Analysing and Envisioning India,’ Nilekani said having an Aadhar number in no way puts the resident in a security risk or…
India Issues Draft Privacy Rules
The Government of India’s Ministry of Communications & Information Technology has published three draft rules that would implement the Information Technology Act, 2000. These include: Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Information; Due Diligence Observed by Intermediaries Guidelines and Guidelines for Cyber Cafe. The first two of these rules could affect international companies…
EU’s Hustinx: Data Protection Law Sanctions Should Mirror Competition Law
Jetty Tielemans writes: At a recent presentation in Frankfurt, Peter Hustinx, head of the European Data Protection Supervisor Office in Brussels, launched an intriguing idea: sanctioning violations of data protection law in the same manner as violations of competition law. The trade press regularly reports on multi-million euro fines for cartels or abuses of dominant…