Keith Fraser reports that the B.C. Court of Appeal overturned a conviction based on an unreasonable search and seizure. Reading the description, I doubt that the courts here would have ruled the search unreasonable and excluded the evidence, but see what you think. Here’s the part of Fraser’s report that summarizes the RMCP’s…
Category: Non-U.S.
Invading a child’s privacy and lying about her to discredit her father? How low can you go?
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…
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…