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…
Category: Non-U.S.
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….
UK: ICO approves crime maps but warns of possible privacy dangers
Privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said that police must take care to ensure that the localised crime maps launched today in England and Wales do not breach privacy laws. Information Commissioner Christopher Graham was consulted over the new maps and said that in their current state they do not breach the privacy…
Je: Minister resigns after breaching data protection code
Deputy Sean Power has resigned as Jersey’s housing minister after breaching data protection laws. He said he passed on an email he found lying on a printer in the States building in August last year. The Deputy said he felt like he had let down Housing Department staff, but did not feel his error was…