Molly Quell reports: Austria was wrong to force a daily newspaper to hand over information about anonymous website commenters, Europe’s top rights court ruled Tuesday. The European Court of Human Rights sided with Der Standard, finding anonymous comments critical of politicians on the newspaper’s website were covered by freedom of expression. It says Austrian authorities were…
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Facebook: latest EU court case shows how Europe is clamping down on big tech
Facebook: latest court case shows how Europe is clamping down on big tech Renaud Foucart, Lancaster University Facebook’s approach to users’ data has just been dealt a major blow from the European court of justice (ECJ). In an answer to a question from Germany’s highest court, the ECJ’s advocate general – whose opinion is not binding…
UN Special Rapporteurs challenge EU’s counter-terrorism plans
EDRi writes: In a joint communication published on 21 October 2021, seven United Nations Special Rapporteurs shared critical analysis of the European Union’s Counter-Terrorism Agenda (CTA) and the reform of Europol’s mandate, the EU police cooperation agency. The statement thematically covers the mandates of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering…
U.K.: The ICO fines the Cabinet Office £500,000 for data protection breach
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined the Cabinet Office £500,000 for disclosing postal addresses of the 2020 New Year Honours recipients online. The ICO found that the Cabinet Office failed to put appropriate technical and organisational measures in place to prevent the unauthorised disclosure of people’s information. This is a breach of data protection…