The Privacy Commissioner announced today that she has concluded her investigation into Google’s collection of WiFi information during its Street View filming. Google has apologised to New Zealanders and has taken some major steps to improve its privacy standards from now on. While it was conducting its Street View filming, Google also collected certain other…
Category: Non-U.S.
Opinion: “Defamation and False Privacy”
Hugh Tomlinson QC writes: It is now well established in English law that a claim for misuse of private information can be brought in relation to information which purports to be private information about the claimant, whether or not the information is true. French privacy law has long recognised the actionability of such publications – for…
AU Senate inquiry keeps online privacy concerns under wraps
Karen Dearne reports: Political sensitivity on business concerns has led a Senate inquiry to withhold parts of an Australian Privacy Foundation submission. Paragraphs referring to Microsoft’s ActiveX script, Google’s business model, Facebook, online copyright, surveillance risks under the National Broadband Network and flaws in the draft privacy reform bill have all been removed from the…
UK: Met Police request for Oyster data scrutiny ‘rises
The Met Police has made record requests for data on London commuters, a majority of whom use Oyster smartcards, the Green Party has said. Transport for London (TfL) figures show the Met made 6,576 requests in 2010, but it was turned down 810 times. Noel Lynch, chairman of London Green Party, called for “rigorous safeguards…