A woman who disclosed personal information about foreign workers who her employers supplied to other firms has been fined £250. Nicola Read, 31, of Fryslea, Dibden Purlieu, admitted breaching the Data Protection Act while working for Totton and Gosport-based Green Personnel. Read more in the Southern Daily Echo.
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IT: Media on strike in response to ‘gag law’
Journalists and editors across Italy have gone on strike today to protest against “gag law” legislation being pushed through the parliament by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. The 24-hour strike on Friday – organised by the National Federation of the Italian Press (FNSI) – affects the vast majority of the country’s major newspapers and news services…
AU: Google Wi-Fi snooping broke the law: privacy watchdog
Asher Moses reports: The Privacy Commissioner, Karen Curtis, has completed her investigation into Google’s Wi-Fi spying bungle and found the company breached the Privacy Act. Authorities all over the world are investigating Google, including the Australian privacy watchdog and Australian Federal Police, for sucking up 600GB of “payload data” from unsecured wireless networks over several…
UK: Government seeks evidence ahead of Data Protection Directive review
The UK Government has opened a new review of data protection legislation to arm it for negotiations with the European Union on reform of the Data Protection Directive. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) will consult on how effective the Data Protection Act has been as a precursor to negotiations with Brussels on the reform of…