Katitza Rodriguez of EFF comments on Data Privacy Day 2011 and then writes: EFF calls upon governments worldwide to: Repeal the EU Data Retention Directive, and any mandatory data retention regime that requires ISP to preemptively record traffic data about the online activities of millions of citizens who haven’t committed any crime. Provide strong safeguards against…
Category: Non-U.S.
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office: A case for justifiable assisted suicide
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…
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…