Maggie Michael of Associated Press reports that Mohammed ElBaradei, the Nobel Peace Prize winner and former U.N. nuclear chief, has accused President Hosni Mubarak’s government of posting Facebook photos of ElBaradei’s daughter in swimsuits and at events where alcohol was served in an attempt to discredit him. Michael reports, in part: The more than 30…
Category: Non-U.S.
No Crackdown but Questions in Europe About Data Protection and the Cloud
Alex Williams writes: German authorities have recently expressed skepticism about cloud computing and the potential it has for breaking data protection laws. According to the Information Law Group, there is no imminent danger of a European crackdown but legal experts are advising international companies to address the potential concerns in their planning and operations. The controversy…
Defendant incriminates Deutsche Telekom boss in illegal search
The Deutsche Telekom spying trial took a dramatic turn on its opening day Friday when the main accused, Klaus Trzeschan, made a partial admission and incriminated the company’s then boss Kai-Uwe Ricke. Trzeschan, the former head of company security, told a court in Bonn that the gathering of phone records had been carried out “without…
Tw: The Age of Information Liability Begins
Benjamin Chiang of CommonWealth Magazine in Taiwan recently discussed some of the consequences of revisions to the 1995 Computer-Processed Personal Data Protection Act (the CDPA). The provisions of the Personal Data Protection Act are expected to go into effect in 2011, and Chiang says that the revised law has created a “legal minefield.” Some snippets…