Pang Qi reports: The personal information of 13 heads of pornographic websites has been published for the first time, in a report by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Tuesday, according to the Beijing News. The report, called “Illegal and Unhealthy Information on Mobile Internet Inspection Report (issue 3, 2010),” was compiled by the Network…
Category: Non-U.S.
Calgary airport Wi-Fi abuses privacy: traveller
A Calgarian who is a frequent air traveller wants to know why he should provide personal information to use Wi-Fi at the airport. One of the options for logging on to the Wi-Fi network at the Calgary International Airport involves hooking up through Facebook. Users hooking up through Facebook must agree to provide access to…
Canadian sues Google over Buzz
Kevin Rollason reports: A Manitoban is suing Google for unspecified damages in a class-action suit over alleged problems with the launch of Google’s Buzz program earlier this year. It took information from user email and integrated it with social networking accounts like Facebook. Lawyer Norman Rosenbaum is acting for Tyler Wereha, of Rosa, Manitoba. Rosenbaum…
Article 29 Working Party Releases Opinion on the Applicability of European Data Protection Law
Early this week, the Article 29 Working Party issued its December 16, 2010 Opinion on applicable law, providing guidance on the scope of EU data protection law and the practical implications of Article 4 of the EU Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC, the “Directive”). The purpose of the Working Party’s Opinion 8/2010 (the “Opinion”) is twofold. First, it intends…