Valentina Pop reports: A new transatlantic row is unfolding after the US introduced a $14 entry fee for EU travellers, with the European Commission analysing possible retaliatory measures. Meanwhile, US privacy officials are trying to alleviate concerns raised by MEPs over the collection of travellers’ credit card data. Introduced earlier this month, the fee, which…
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AU: Data chief, David Watts, lashes police privacy
Milanda Rout reports: John Brumby’s law enforcement data watchdog is tired of Victoria Police not fully implementing its recommendations. The CLED will subject them to “intense supervision” until they fix their flawed security around sharing sensitive personal information. The Commissioner for Law Enforcement Data Security, David Watts, has warned police that “any further delay” in…
UK: Researchers seek to find true level of cyberstalking
A new survey has been launched in an effort to find out the true level of cyberstalking in the UK. It comes a day after the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) unveiled new guidance to prosecutors and promised to get tough on cyberstalkers. More than one million women and 900,000 men are stalked in the UK every…
UK: Dog-owner prevented from finding microchipped pet under Data Protection Act
You can’t make this stuff up. Laura Roberts reports: Dave Moorhouse’s Jack Russell terrier, Rocky, was stolen in 2007 and he was informed earlier this year that the microchip provider had discovered details of his dog’s new address. However, they refused to pass on the animal’s whereabouts claiming it would breach the Data Protection Act….