German ministers criticised social networking site Facebook on Sunday for failing to respect privacy, following a report of a serious flaw that allowed non-subscribers access to private data. German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine reported that a glitch potentially allowed anyone access to the contact lists of subscribers. New subscribers to Facebook are required to enter their…
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Many Germans Opt Out of Google’s Street View
Kevin J. O’Brien reports: Google on Friday said that it remained on course to begin its Street View mapping service in Germany this year despite the thousands of people who have asked the company to delete their properties. “The number of requests will not have an effect on our plans to launch Street View this…
Pirates’ lawyers end trial with ‘Facebook defense’
Defence lawyers for the three founders and a financier of Swedish file sharing site The Pirate Bay warned on Friday of the consequences for popular websites like Facebook and Twitter if their clients’ guilty verdict isn’t overturned. […] Neij’s lawyer Jonas Nilsson insisted Friday that if the appeals court confirmed the guilty verdict for his…
Case Law: King v Sunday World, Northern Ireland privacy and harassment claim
We have now been provided with a copy of the judgment of Mr Justice Weatherup in the case of King v Sunday World. We discussed the news reports of this case last month. The claim was under Article 2 of the Convention, for misuse of private information and harassment by a newspaper. The claimant, Drew King had…