Jan Harris reports: The European Parliament has adopted a ruling that is intended to fight against paedophiles on the Internet, but which search engines Ixquick and Startpage believe will jeopardise their privacy reputation. “Written Declaration 29″, which the companies are calling a ‘Big Brother’ clause, calls for all search engines to store search traffic for…
Category: Non-U.S.
Germany Asks Apple About iPhone’s Data-Gathering
Kevin J. O’Brien reports: The justice minister of Germany expressed concern on Monday over Apple’s practice of compiling data on users of its new iPhone, making the company the latest technology giant to fall afoul of the country’s strict privacy laws. […] The justice minister, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, asked Apple to tell state data protection officials…
EU agrees to share bank data with US
Daniel Shane reports: The European Union has agreed to grant US antiterror investigators access to a database of banking transactions once again, having withheld access since February this year over data protection concerns. […] Last night a new deal was announced, under which all data requests made by the US must be validated by Europol,…
NZ: New Privacy Role Proposed
The Privacy Commissioner has largely backed proposed changes to the Privacy Act in a 105-page submission to the Law Commission and has called for the creation of a chief privacy officer role in government. […] Privacy Commissioner Marie Shroff said the Privacy Act was fundamentally sound, but she supported many of the proposed changes. “We…