The Australian government seems to be investing a lot of time and energy into figuring out what to do about problem gamblers as a quick glance at Gambling Research Australia and an article on pre-commitment systems indicate. It’s one thing to try to help people who may have a problem or addiction. It’s another to…
Category: Non-U.S.
Oui, Defamation Can be Automatic
Marie-Andrée – who unlike this blogger can actually speak French and is a lawyer to boot – provides a commentary and explanation of a recent French court ruling that Eric Schmidt was guilty of defamation because of Google Suggest results. She writes, in part: The Court noted that “algorithms or software solutions proceed from the…
EU takes UK to court over internet privacy
The UKPA reports: The European Commission is taking the UK to court for breaking EU rules on safeguarding internet privacy. The move follows complaints to the Commission from British internet users that they have been targeted by advertisers based on an analysis of their “internet traffic”. A Commission statement said it first launched legal proceedings…
Data Privacy in Pakistan
This is a call information of a customer subscribed to one of the leading cellular services of this country. It contains information regarding customer name, the phone number, all the numbers that the customer dialed, when and for how long. I have edited the information of course. [Note- the image is much larger on the…