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…
Category: Non-U.S.
Opinion: “Privacy, Parliament and the Courts” – Mark Thomson
A constant theme of the recent press discussion of “sportsman’s privacy injunctions” has been the suggestion that judges have created a privacy law by stealth and that this raises serious questions about democratic accountability. I have already commented on some of the issues arising from this coverage but it is worth looking at the background…
In: Personal details sold for a song
Sameer Ranjan Bakshir reports: Personal data of people, whether address, email ID or phone number, cannot be sold. But you can still buy a ‘database’ that includes two crore email IDs and 10 lakh phone numbers of IT professionals for as low as Rs 2,500. The Reserve Bank of India and Telecom Regulatory Authority of…
UK: Tabloid Hack Attack on Royals, and Beyond
Don Van Natta Jr., Jo Becker, and Graham Bowley report: In November 2005, three senior aides to Britain’s royal family noticed odd things happening on their mobile phones. Messages they had never listened to were somehow appearing in their mailboxes as if heard and saved. Equally peculiar were stories that began appearing about Prince William…