22/09/2010 Michael Shotter Legal Advisor to the Vice President Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship European Commission Dear Michael, I am currently writing a consultation paper in response to the BIS (Business, Innovation and Skills) paper published last week which lays out how the UK Government are planning to transpose the changes to 5(3) of the…
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Czech-mate: Google Street View cannot take more pics
Last week, I noted that the Czech government had stopped Google from taking any new pictures for Street View. Karl Janicek of Associated Press now reports that the government has since explained its decision: [Czech Office for Personal Data Protection] head Igor Nemec said the ‘Street View’ cameras are placed too high — 9 feet…
Canadian watchdog to weigh in on Facebook’s privacy changes
Sarah Schmidt reports: Canada’s privacy watchdog is set to reveal Wednesday whether the social media giant has done enough to protect the personal information of its 500 million users worldwide in a bid to stymie a battle over privacy rights. Following a yearlong investigation, privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart determined in July 2009 that Facebook was…
U.S. Government Requests for Google Data Rise 20%
Ryan Singel writes: The number of U.S. government requests for Google data rose 20% in the last six months, according to new data released by the search giant Monday. U.S. government agencies sent Google 4,287 requests for data on Google users and services from January 1 to June 30, 2010, an average of 23.5 a…