From the introduction of a recent submission of the Australian Privacy Foundation to the NSW Attorney General’s Department: The Workplace Surveillance Act 2005 (NSW) (‘the Act’) replaced the Workplace Video Surveillance Act 1998 (NSW) (‘the WVSA’), which only applied to video camera surveillance. The new Act also applies to additional forms of surveillance including email…
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Sex-tape scandal pop star jailed
An Indonesian pop star whose sex tapes made in the privacy of his home home with celebrity girlfriends wound up on the Internet has been sentenced to three and a half years in jail. The “Peterporn” sex tapes scandal was widely followed in the press because of his popularity and because of Indonesia’s strict anti-porn…
Case Law: JIH v News Group Newspapers, anonymity regained
Edward Craven writes: The Court of Appeal today handed down judgment in the case of JIH v News Group Newspapers Ltd ([2011] EWCA 42). In allowing the appeal against the order of Tugendhat J ([2010] EWHC 2818 (QB)) the Court ordered that the claimant’s anonymity should be restored. Although the Court stressed that each decision is…
UK: More complaints to data protection about privacy breach
The number of people who complained about having their privacy breached rose by a third in Jersey in 2010. A report by the office of the data protection commissioner said it was busier last year than ever before. Most of the complaints were about retailers, particularly online companies that sent unwanted marketing emails. Read more…