DNA records will no longer be kept on innocent people questioned over routine crimes in England and Wales, the Government has said. It will still keep samples of those questioned in connection with terrorist offences. The move is a major change in Government policy and will result in a massive reduction in the number of…
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UK: Common sense approach to public protection proposed
From the UK’s Home Office: An array of reforms in the Protection of Freedoms Bill will put an end to unwarranted local authority snooping and unnecessary scrutiny of individuals. It will see: an end to the routine monitoring of 9.3 million people under the radically reformed vetting and barring scheme millions of householders protected from town hall…
Cloud computing: An opportunity and a legal maze
There’s a nice overview of cloud computing issues and positions from EurActiv. Here are some parts of it: […] Rewriting data protection rules The European Commission admits that its Data Protection Directive is outdated and is currently reading industry responses to a consultation before reviewing the law. The current directive sets out guidelines for data…
Israel’s National Labor Court Imposes Strict Limits on Employee Monitoring
Boris Segalis writes: Dan Or-Hof, a privacy and technology partner at the Israeli law firm Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer is reporting that a decision by Israel’s National Labor Court imposes severe restrictions on the employers’ ability to monitor employee emails. Organizations with employees in Israel must promptly take steps to verify that their employee monitoring…