I think the headline the paper had, “APF: Consent a danger to Australians’ privacy,” is terribly misleading, as it’s lack of consent that’s the danger to privacy, not consent! Maybe they meant to say “Inadequate consent provisions a danger….” Liz Tay reports: The Australian Privacy Foundation has fingered the concept of consent as the “single…
Category: Non-U.S.
Now Showing at MMIA: Nude Images of Passengers
Chinedu Eze reports: The 3D full-body scanners procured for thorough body check of passengers at the nation’s major airports for security reasons are now being abused by security officials from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), THISDAY can confirm. They use the machines, installed in the wake of the Farouk AbdulMutallab affair, to watch…
Ca: Feds relaunch anti-spam law
Arnold Ceballos writes: After some tweaking, the federal government recently reintroduced legislation aimed at tackling the growing problem of spam e-mail. Bill C-28, also known as the Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Act (FISA), would prohibit sending unsolicited commercial electronic messages, including e-mails and text messages, unless there was an express or implied consent from the…
‘Exposure’ photo breached teen’s privacy: court told
Police breached the privacy of a 14-year-old boy by publishing his photograph as part of their investigation into street violence in Derry, the High Court heard today. Lawyers for the teenager claimed his image appeared in newspapers and leaflets in a flawed and irrational “naming and shaming” tactic. The family of the boy, who cannot…