I missed this over the weekend, but in earlier coverage in The Guardian, Josh Halliday had reported: …The technology giant has been ordered to remove almost 100 online articles from its search listings by Spain’s data protection authority, which Google warns would have a “profound, chilling effect” on freedom of expression. […] An injunction against…
Category: Non-U.S.
EU: MGN v United Kingdom, judgment tomorrow
The ECHR is set to issue its ruling tomorrow on a high-profile press freedom v. privacy case that could have significant impact. Inforrm’s Blog reports: At 10.00am, Strasbourg time tomorrow 18 January 2011, the Court of Human Rights will give a written judgment on an application brought by MGN Limited against the United Kingdom. This…
File-sharing Cases – ACS:Law Fails to Appear in Court After Trying to Drop Lawsuits, While France Moves Forward with Warnings
enigmax writes: Today a judge-ordered hearing took place in the Patents Court to decide how to handle all cases filed by ACS:Law against alleged file-sharers. Despite claims by the law firm that they have no fears of going to court, last week all the cases were dropped and today, supported by claims of “an unfortunate…
Interview: Roger Clarke, Australian Privacy Foundation
Richard Chirgwin of The Register interviewed Roger Clarke about the recent Vodafone breach. You can read the interview on their site, but here’s the part that caught my attention: El Reg: What does the Privacy Act have to say about “bad apple” incidents – where the company didn’t intend to make customer data public, but…