Vivian Yeo reports: A new initiative launched Friday by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) aims to boost consumer trust in e-commerce in the Asia-Pacific region. It will do this by providing a platform for the enforcement of data privacy laws through cross-border cooperation. The APEC Cross-border Privacy Enforcement Arrangement (CPEA) establishes a framework under which…
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Peterporn Sex Tapes Were Stolen from Ariel’s Laptop: National Police
Farouk Arnaz reports: The sex videos of Peterpan frontman Nazriel “Ariel” Irham were distributed on the internet after they were stolen from his laptop, the National Police said on Friday. “The videos were uploaded by RJ who works with Ariel’s band. He’s a music editor,” the National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Edward Aritonang said. “RJ…
HM Courts Service staff breached government database of personal information
Mark Ballard reports: Staff working for Her Majesty’s Courts Service have breached security on the government database that stores personal data about everyone in the UK. Also, local authorities sacked 26 employees last year for snooping on personal data stored on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Customer Information System (CIS), which, with 90…
EU Authorities: Implementation of Net Surveillance Directive Is Unlawful
Katitza Rodriguez of EFF comments: In a landmark announcement issued today, the data protection officials across the European Union found that the way that EU Member States have implemented the data retention obligations in the 2006 EU Data Retention Directive is unlawful. The highly controversial 2006 EU Data Retention Directive compels all ISPs and telecommunications…