In a statement released today, an ICO spokesperson said: “Enforcing and defending the rights of the UK public under the Data Protection Act has always been – and remains – central to the work of the Information Commissioner. However, as a regulator, the ICO must take a calm and measured approach to the issue of…
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Data Protection and Free Speech in Germany
Thorsten Feldmann guest-blogs on Zohar Efroni’s blog. Zohar introduces him as a well-known expert on German data protection law and a blogger in his own right. Privacy protection in the global information society is today, perhaps more than ever before, a hotly-debated topic in Germany. I had the opportunity last week at a conference held…
A little piece of you will forever be in Rotterdam
Big Brother Watch was recently alerted to the case of an East Midlands school which had deployed automatic facial recognition software as a means by which to sign their pupils in and out of school. Rotterdam City Council, it appears, have gone one step further in announcing the roll-out of facial recognition scanners on their…
Can you put your identity up for sale?
A man desperate to raise money for an operation his father needs could be exposing himself to prosecution for putting his identity up for sale. Rhianne Pope reports that Preston Likely, a print worker from Littlemore, may find that he’s gone from the financial frying pan into the fire: He said: “I have decided…