Graeme Paton reports: Schools are using CCTV cameras to spy on pupils in toilets and monitor teachers’ performance in the classroom, according to an official report. The use of video surveillance has evolved in recent years from a security measure to a tool to keep checks on children and staff, it was disclosed. A report…
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KR: Law on Internet to prosecute rumormongers ‘unconstitutional’
Park Si-soo reports: A law that provided the legal grounds to indict “Minerva,” a well-known Internet commentator, for spreading “misleading” information on the Internet was ruled unconstitutional, Tuesday. The Constitutional Court’s ruling immediately brought an end to the 49-year-old law, which opposition legislators claimed had been abused to gag anti-government bloggers amid concerns about the…
AU: New media makes a privacy law essential
Paul Ritchie comments: …. While Lara Bingle and Nick Riewoldt are the high-profile casualties of a world where ”little brother” broadcasts everything, the tentacles of this new world have implications for all of us. The time has come for a public debate about legislating a right to privacy. The traditional media will resist such a…
German politicians see camera drones as data protection risk
Flying drones that take pictures of foreign subjects may sound like part of a military arsenal, but they’re also available to consumers now. Consumer Affairs Minister Aigner has called the new devices a privacy threat. … some German politicians are concerned about privacy issues relating to the toys priced at 299 euros ($393) and steered…