Spiegel Online has published two articles in the past week on the tension between the EU and US in response to US demands for personal information: New US Demands for Information Angers European Parliament begins: US officials are demanding access to additional European police databases in their hunt for potential terrorists traveling to the US….
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BlackBerry escapes blackout in UAE
Josh Halliday reports: BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) today won a reprieve on the threat of a blackout on its 500,000 smartphone users in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), just days before security agencies were due to enforce a ban on email, messaging and web browsing on the devices. After months of standoff between…
IE: Hickey case against Sunday World dismissed
The High Court has dismissed a breach of privacy and defamation case taken by the partner of David Agnew and her baby son. Ruth Hickey, 36, had sued the Sunday World over the publication of photographs of her and Mr Agnew after they registered their son’s birth in 2006. The president of the High Court…
NZ: Privacy body eyes online fakes
Adam Bennett reports: Authorities are investigating whether New Zealand should follow California’s lead and make it a criminal offence to impersonate others including politicians on the internet, notably via Twitter and Facebook. California has passed legislation making it a crime to “harm, intimidate, threaten or defraud” through the internet or other electronic means. The offence…