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…
Category: Non-U.S.
Mother’s worst nightmare: Facebook won’t shut down stalker
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…
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…