A Labor senator has likened Google’s approach to privacy laws as similar to the exploitation of sweatshop workers across Asia. Google representatives today fronted the Senate Communications References Committee, which is examining whether Australians are given adequate protections when they go online. Spokesman Iarla Flynn was explaining to senators that the internet giant abides by…
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Data Protection: Commission to refer Austria to Court for lack of independence of data protection authority
The European Commission has today decided to refer Austria to the Court of Justice regarding the lack of an independent data protection authority. The Commission considers that provisions setting up the Austrian data protection authority do not conform to EU rules, which require Member States to establish a completely independent supervisory body to monitor the…
Barrichello wins lawsuit against Google
The Associated Press reports: A judge has ordered Google Brasil to pay $118,000 to Formula One’s Rubens Barrichello for failing to remove from the social-networking site fake profiles that mocked the Brazilian driver. The judge says Google took too long to remove the profiles after being notified by Barrichello. The decision by a tribunal court…
ICO can’t fine Google for Wi-Fi scandal
Tom Brewster reports: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is unable to fine Google for collecting data over unprotected Wi-Fi connections during its Street View project.Various reports have indicated the ICO could issue a landmark monetary penalty but the privacy watchdog admitted to IT PRO it cannot issue a monetary penalty as the data was gathered before…