Anthony Garrod and Ben Smith provide an overview of data protection and privacy in the UAE: The UAE does not have a specific data protection law. There are, however, a number of provisions in a number of different laws that relate to data protection and privacy. The principle of a right to privacy of personal…
Category: Non-U.S.
Letter from Australian Privacy Foundation to Google
In a letter dated January 26, Roger Clarke of APF wrote to Google’s Public Policy & Government Affairs, Google Australia and Google’s Global Privacy Counsel about Google’s lack of meaningful engagement with the privacy advocacy group. Referencing a September 2nd communication seeking two types of engagement: advance notice of releases that may give rise to privacy concerns…
Finance Bill 2011 – impact on Irish data protection and computer crime law
TJ McIntyre writes: I’m indebted to Rossa McMahon and Daragh O’Brien for pointing out (via Twitter) two interesting provisions in the Finance Bill 2011 (PDF). Section 71 creates a new revenue offence of possessing or using computer tools for the purpose of evading tax: […] Section 73, meanwhile, creates what is in effect a parallel data protection system…
Facebook settles with Germany over Friend Finder issue
Jeremy Kirk reports: Germany is stopping short of legal action against Facebook after reaching a 14-point agreement on Monday over how the site handles data from non-Facebook users. Hamburg’s Data Protection Authority took issue with Facebook last August over its Friend Finder feature, which imports e-mail addresses from user contact lists on other e-mail services…