BBC reports: The first images via Google’s Street View service in Germany are live after months of wrangling over privacy. The first town to be mapped on the service is Oberstaufen, in Bavaria. Germany is the first country to have negotiated with Google to allow citizens to opt out before the service goes live. Almost…
Category: Non-U.S.
Berlusconi Pledges to Push Ahead With Legislation Limiting Wiretapping
Steve Scherer reports: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he’d push ahead with a law that limits police wiretapping during criminal investigations, setting up a clash with a group of lawmakers that left his party in July. The extent of wiretapping in Italy is “uncivilized,” Berlusconi said in a speech to motorcycle makers near Milan….
UK: Council gives out personal details by mistake
The ICO issued the following press release: Portsmouth City Council has agreed to take action after the inappropriate disclosure of personal information relating to an individual’s physical and mental health, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. The sensitive information was mistakenly provided in response to an individual’s request to see the information the council…
AU: Hinch to challenge sex offender suppression orders
A High Court challenge on the constitutional validity of laws preventing the public knowing the identity of sex offenders has begun in Canberra today. Melbourne broadcaster Derryn Hinch is fighting five contempt of court charges and is questioning the validity of a section of the 2005 Victorian Sex Offenders Monitoring Act. His counsel has told…