Northern Ireland’s High Court of Justice has ruled that police retention of a 14 year old boy’s DNA was not illegal, despite a European Court of Human Rights ruling that the blanket data retention policy conflicts with human rights law. The Court said that it could not follow the ruling from the European Court of…
Category: Non-U.S.
UK: Politics and Private Life: the resignation of Alan Johnson
Even public figures should have some level of privacy concerning their private lives – or so I’ve often argued on this blog. What about their families, though? Can the life of a relative of a public figure be considered fair game or should their privacy be treated identically to the privacy of everyday private figures?…
Facebook Will Change Privacy Options in South Korea
First they charge Google criminally over the WiFi debacle, and now this: Facebook, the first online social network, said that it will change some privacy options in South Korea, after the communications regulator demanded greater protection of user information. Said today the Communications Commission of South Korea (KCC), Facebook has agreed to add new features…
Ca: Empower privacy watchdogs to enforce laws, name offenders
Michael Geist writes: By virtually every measure, 2010 was a remarkably successful year for Canadian privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart. Riding the wave of high profile investigations into the privacy practices of Internet giants Facebook and Google, Stoddart received accolades around the world, while garnering a three-year renewal of her term at home. Last week Stoddart…