Facebook has been getting some really negative coverage in Australia over safety issues concerning young people. I expect we’ll see more from both the Australian government and Facebook as to whether it is really doing enough to protect safety. Ben Grubb reports: A Sydney mother-of-three, her daughter and daughter’s friends have been subjected to a…
Category: Non-U.S.
Snooping on a snoop: RCMP installed hidden cameras in Montreal detective’s HQ
RCMP investigators testified in court Thursday how they installed hidden cameras to spy on detectives suspected of snooping into confidential databases then passing that information along to criminals. Montreal police detective Mario Lambert is accused of unlawfully retrieving information about license plates and car ownerships in exchange for payments from criminals. In court, RCMP investigators…
Macmillan pays heavily for violation of privacy
Gowenius Toka reports: Botswana’s popular publishing company, Macmillan Botswana, avoided being arraigned before the Lobatse High Court last week by settling out of court, after publishing without consent, the photo of a certain Botsanyang Motswere in a school textbook under a chapter on HIV and AIDS next to a caption that implied she was a…
Israel Data Access Stopped After Irish Objection
Objections levied by Irish European officials have put a stop to Israel gaining recognition for its data protection and access to sensitive information. The European Commission has announced it has halted a proposal to allow Israel access to potentially sensitive data on European Union citizens following concerns expressed by the Irish representatives. The unexpected move…