The first case tried since the passage of Sweden’s anti-file sharing law (Ipred) in April 2009 is heading for the EU Court of Justice after a ruling by the Supreme Court. This issue concerns a case between five audiobook publishers and the Swedish ISP ePhone which appealed a lower court ruling ordering the firm to hand…
Category: Non-U.S.
Privacy: a number’s game?
Peter Fleischer muses about why Europeans seem so focused on length of data retention rather than on what he sees as more important measures of privacy protection: ….. Curiously, the time dimension of data retention is almost entirely a Continental European privacy concern. It rarely registers as a meaningful vector in other countries, even in…
Implementing the revised EU electronic communications framework
The Department for Business Innovation & Skills published a consultation on Sept. 13: The Department for Business Innovation and Skills has launched its proposals for implementing the revised EU Electronic Communications Framework. This document sets out our preferred approach to implementation and asks questions on a limited number of specific issues. Stakeholders will have 12…
UK: Crouch claims Sun privacy breach over pregnancy story
Dominic Ponsford reports: England footballer Peter Crouch has accused journalists from The Sun of intruding on his privacy by revealing that his girlfriend was pregnant before members of their family were told. The Sun broke the story yesterday in advance of an official announcement. According to Abbey Clancy “intrusive Sun reporters” followed her to a…