I’ve occasionally blogged about databases concerning UK youth. One of the problematic ones is a database of those considered youthful offenders. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has been speaking with the Youth Justice Board (YJB) over the administration of the Youth Justice Management Information System (Youth Justice MIS), as the database not only contains a…
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UK ICO announces views on EU data protection law
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has today responded to the Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ) call for evidence on the current data protection legislative framework. The ICO has highlighted the key features it would expect to see in any revised framework and welcomes the MoJ’s recognition of the potential for changes. The ICO supports the review…
Online tracker claims to have data on 8 million Australians
More on online tracking, this time from Julian Lee of The Age: The online behaviour of millions of Australians is to be tracked and auctioned to advertisers by a new generation of internet businesses setting up shop here. The world’s largest ”data exchange”, the Californian company BlueKai, boasts it already has the computer addresses and…
Quebec spammer must pay Facebook $1 billion
Jason Magder reports: A Quebec man has been ordered forced to pay Facebook more than $1 billion in fines for spamming. The Quebec Superior Court issued a judgment last week upholding a ruling in a California court that ordered Montrealer Adam Guerbuez to pay $1,068,928,721,46 U.S., which includes punitive damages for each of the 4,366,386…