Having become totally confused trying to figure out how the U.K.’s Data Protection Act applied to the security and data retention of CCTV surveillance, I wrote to the ICO to ask. Today I received a response. Here’s the relevant portion of it: The fifth principle of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the Act) states that:…
Category: Non-U.S.
UK: Council uses ‘snooping’ law surveillance to good effect
There’s been a lot of negative press concerning how councils use the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) to snoop on people. John Crossley reports on how South Derbyshire District Council has used RIPA. A used a controversial ‘snooping’ law four times in the last six months…. The authority used it three times to…
In the U.K., your home is your castle – subject to squatters?
Ralph Miller and Benedict Moore-Bridger report: A hotelier who moved out of his house for a week while it was being renovated has been left homeless after Italian squatters took it over. Connan Gupta, 40, who had been staying with his sister, returned to find 10 unwelcome visitors at his £700,000, five-bedroom home in Camberwell….
AU: Tenant database ‘invades privacy’
Josephine Tovey reports: A new database that allows thousands of real estate agents to see when their tenants apply for other properties has been labelled a ”gross invasion of privacy” by tenants’ advocates. Virtual Manager is a new service from TICA, the largest tenant database company in Australia. It allows agents to register their tenants’…