Oops… forgot to hit “publish” on this post yesterday: Some 7,500 people demonstrated Saturday in Berlin to express their concerns about personal data privacy as the German government and private companies amass giant databases, organisers said. Called out by numerous civic organisations and political parties under the banner of “Liberty Instead of Fear!”, the protestors…
Category: Non-U.S.
UK: The secret dossier of lawbreaking that spells trouble for Rupert Murdoch…and David Cameron
And now the latest installment in what appears to be a long-running privacy soap opera, this report by Brian Brady and James Hanning: The News of the World paid a private detective to provide hundreds of pieces of confidential information, often using illegal means, a confidential document obtained by The Independent on Sunday has revealed….
Turkish referendum includes privacy amendment (updated)
According to the Associated Press, one of the 26 proposed amendments to the Turkish constitution would grant citizens more privacy rights: Recognizes the right to protection of personal information and access to official personal records. Update: Reuters reports that voters have approved the 26 proposed amendments.
France: Imminent “Humanitarian Fingerprinting” Of Roma With OSCAR
The xenophobic anti-Roma campaign run by the French government following President Sarkozy’s discourse at the end of July has led to the brutal dismantling of numerous Roma camps, and to the expulsion of 1 000 foreign Roma people from the country within the last month. […] This highly publicized campaign has shed the light on…