Various quarters welcome the government to bar credit reference agencies from keeping personal data without permission. Federation of Malaysian Consumers Associations (Fomca) adviser Prof Datuk Mohd Hamdan Adnan said companies that keep personal data should delete them. “It is strange how they (credit reference agencies) know our addresses and personal data although we have never…
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Cabinet secrecy opens door to legal challenge
Tracey Tyler reports: As crews dismantle the massive security fence from the G20 summit, questions are piling up about a secret cabinet decision giving police immense power to search and arrest anyone within five metres of the barrier. Legal experts say a regulation authorizing the searches could be vulnerable to attack not just for potentially…
UK: Libertarians angered as council officials granted access to police records
Siba Matti reports: A decision to give council officials access to confidential police details about members of the public has come under fire from a civil liberties group. Seven staff members at Three Rivers District Council (TRDC) have been granted special powers, including access to the police national computer – which holds sensitive information including…
Opposition rails against bill giving U.S. say over Canadian air travellers
Kevin Dougherty reports: QUEBEC — The Harper government has quietly presented a bill in the House of Commons that would give U.S. officials final say over who may board aircraft in Canada if they are to fly over the U.S. en route to a third country. “Canadian sovereignty has gone right out the window,” Liberal…