The author of a proposed law on data privacy said it is expected to solidify its position as global leader in business process outsourcing (BPO) once Congress is able to pass the bill which has been pending in the legislature for the last few years. “We are absolutely confident that more companies around the world…
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Paper fights ‘Johnny Adair lair’ privacy case
A Sunday newspaper had no right to publish photographs of a man alleged to have been housing former loyalist paramilitary chief Johnny Adair, the Court of Appeal heard yesterday. The privacy case was also compared to an action brought by ex-Formula One chief Max Mosley over false allegations that he took part in a Nazi-themed…
Ca: ID request at gas station riles driver
Is Canada actually trying to become as outrageously bad as the U.S. or does it just seem that way? Kevin Connor reports: David Menzies came close to being arrested Saturday after refusing to give his driver’s licence to a cashier at a Petro-Canada station. “I went to a Petro-Canada in Richmond Hill with my nine-year-old…
AU: Attorneys-general to discuss legal gags on Facebook
Options to enforce legal gags on users of social networking websites like Facebook will be discussed today at a meeting of Australia’s attorneys-general. One of the attorneys-general, John Rau, from South Australia, this morning said he would raise concerns about the effectiveness of suppression orders in the age of social networking. “The publishing on a…