The Associated Press reports that the Swiss Federal Tribunal has ordered Logistep AG to stop snooping on individuals its clients believe are engaged in illegal file-sharing. The court reportedly held that such snooping violated the individuals’ right to privacy. Swiss data protection laws also cover IP addresses. I’m not seeing any other coverage of this…
Category: Non-U.S.
Canadian perspective on laptop border searches
Kathleen Harris provides a Canadian perspective to the lawsuit filed by a Canadian student against Napolitano, reported here yesterday: Canada Border Services Agency says laptops are subject to routine search to ensure compliance with laws, and refusing to provide passwords can lead to confiscation. Personal information is to be protected. Nathalie Des Rosiers of the…
Rooney, Privacy and the Press: a feeding frenzy
Inform’s Blog has an entry discussing the UK tabloids’ coverage of yet another sex scandal involving a sports figure. I’ll skip the rehash of coverage and links to the tabloid coverage they critique to cut to their main point about the Press Complaints Commission (PCC): The breaches of the PCC Code relating to privacy are…
Phone hacking: MPs to question Andy Coulson and Scotland Yard
Nicholas Watt and Afua Hirsch report: Scotland Yard and News International were tonight facing further parliamentary pressure over the News of the World phone hacking scandal as a Commons committee announced a fresh inquiry into the affair. As police confirmed that Andy Coulson would be questioned following new allegations in the New York Times suggesting he knew about…