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…
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UK: Mosley responds to opposition in privacy fight
Former FIA president Max Mosley continues to pursue the right to privacy that he feels he was denied when sordid stories about his sex life appeared in the media two years ago, despite opposition to his legal crusade. […] Mosley’s bid to have the laws rewritten, however, have naturally faced opposition, with sections of the…
EU threatens UK again over data protection laws
Unless the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is given the power to conduct random checks on organisations for compliance with data protection law and issue penalties based on those checks the European Commission will take action, it said. The ICO must also be given the powers to assess other countries’ data protection regimes before international transfers…
Cn: Man charged for reading colleague’s emails
Jane Chen reports: A Shanghai man is charged with breaching other people’s mail rights for stealing a former colleague’s email account and reading and keeping more than 1,000 emails over six years. A vice chief general manager surnamed Ma learned last July that the company’s crucial business information was for sale, today’s Oriental Morning Post…