Simon Davies, the Director of Privacy International, pulls absolutely no punches on this one. Good for him! Let me get the headline point out of the way before delving into the detail. The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has become a threat to privacy. The legislation that underpins the Office is narrow and in places…
Category: Non-U.S.
Challenge to the new Dutch passport fingerprint database rejected by The Hague [corrected]
A Dutch reader sent me some disheartening news from his country today. It appears that a challenge to a law requiring all Dutch citizens provide their fingerprints for passports was rejected by The Hague. The fingerprints are to be maintained in a centralized registry, and privacy advocates have raised concerns about privacy, the security of…
EU wants air passenger data for terrorism probes
The European Commission proposed Wednesday that airlines provide EU governments with data about travelers flying in and out of the bloc, to help their efforts to combat terrorism and organized crime. EU airlines already share passenger data with law enforcement officials in the United States, Canada and Australia, and the EU executive argued that pooling…
The “right to be forgotten,” Germany, and the Wikimedia case
The other day, I posted a news story about a New Jersey Supreme Court decision concerning what expungement means – and doesn’t mean – in terms of the media’s ability to discuss a case involving a named individual where the individual’s conviction was subsequently expunged. At the time, I commented that once again, a U.S….