A recent blog post generated some comments on Twitter about the privacy rights of criminals vs. the desire of victims’ families to know more and the public’s right or need to evaluate the performance of governmental agencies. While transparency and freedom of information are often clarion calls in the U.S., it appears that criminals in…
Category: Non-U.S.
Es: Conflict between class action and protection
Berta Baz reports: The most appropriate model to reconcile collective action and data protection was that implemented by Ausbanc with the class-action suit against Telefonica Extremadura. A Madrid court has caused a dispute over the settlement of a collective action to protect the personal data of customers. This court ordered BBVA President Francisco González to…
AU: Public servant sacked for Googling ‘knockers’ at home
Ben Schneiders reports: How much privacy does an employee have when using a work laptop at home? Not much, it seems, after a senior public servant was sacked after Googling the word “knockers” and looking at legal pornography. That was despite the access being out of work hours and the public servant using his own…
Nl: Central finger print register in doubt as MPs rebel
More on the Dutch fingerprint database controvery that I’ve been covering on this blog. From DutchNews.nl: A majority of MPs oppose plans to store finger print details from new biometric passports in a central data bank which will be accessible to police. VVD, Labour and ChristenUnie MPs have now come out against the plan, the…