As an update to a possible breach of UK Data Protection law previously reported here, SNP News reports: The UK Information Commissioner has confirmed to Alex Neil MSP that an investigation has started into the disclosure of personal data from a number of local primary schools to Karen Whitefield MSP. The Commissioner’s office confirmed that…
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Second England footballer wins gagging order
In England, your privacy rights seem to be a function of how much privacy you can afford to pay a lawyer for. Matthew Moore reports: A second footballer has obtained a gagging order to prevent the reporting of details about his private life. The super-injunction granted by Mr Justice Nicol in the High Court on…
Vancouver bar’s urinal TVs raise concern
From the are-they-idiots-or-what dept. A customer at the bar in Vancouver’s Opus Hotel said she was shocked to discover men could watch her on video monitors placed over the urinals in the hotel’s men’s washroom. Elisabeth Everett told CBC News Wednesday that she was in a group at a table in the bar celebrating her…
Google bends to German privacy concerns
Juergen Baetz reports: Google Inc. said Thursday it would double the amount of time Germans have to opt out of having their homes shown in its “Street View” feature, which has sparked a fierce public debate over privacy concerns. Germans will now have eight weeks, instead of four, to request images of their homes be…