James Riley reports: The Australian Privacy Foundation is still seeking confirmation that the personal information of local citizens collected by Google Australia through its StreetView cars is being stored in Australia. The organisation says if the personal data – including whole emails, bank account details and passwords – has been moved offshore it should be…
Category: Non-U.S.
UK: JIH v News Group – Removing Anonymity in Privacy Cases
Inforrm’s Blog has more about a case previously noted on this site. Mark Thomson writes: On 5 November 2010 Mr Justice Tugendhat handed down judgment in JIH v News Group Newspapers ([2010] EWHC 2818 (QB)) another privacy injunction case about anonymity. Following his recent decision in Gray v UVW ([2010] EWHC 2367 (QB)), he again decided that,…
Swedish justice minister confirms US surveillance
From The Local (Se): Swedish Justice Minister Beatrice Ask confirmed on Saturday said that the US embassy in Sweden has undertaken similar surveillance measures as those in Norway. Norway demanded an explanation from the US on Thursday after a television documentary alleged the US embassy in Oslo had conducted illegal surveillance of hundreds of Norwegian…
More trouble for Street View in Germany?
Jeremy Kirk reports: Google is facing fresh complaints over Street View in Germany, after technical proble to be visible rather than blurred in a preview of the service launched earlier this weekms caused some properties. Users of Apple iPads and iPhones found that the blurring was not complete on their devices, said Johannes Caspar, head…