Elenoa Osborne reports news from Fiji: Consultation on the proposed national identification card began this morning – with senior officials of various government departments and ministries. […] The ID card is expected to strengthen the work of law enforcement, immigration, customs, bio security, border police, airline – airport and port security. The Ministry says the…
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HK: Consultation Report on Review of Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance published
The Government published today (October 18) the Report on Public Consultation on Review of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (PDPO) and launched further public discussions on the legislative proposals to strengthen personal data privacy protection under the PDPO. The PDPO, enacted in 1995, requires updating in order to afford adequate protection to personal data privacy…
Indian operators told to store all text messages for a period of 6 months
Stefan writes: India’s Home Ministry has told the country’s operators that they need to start storing each and every text message that goes through their network for a period of 6 months. For a country that regularly sends between 130 and 150 billion texts a month, this new government requirement is going to require a huge…
Facebook in hot water with Germany again
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…