So Google blows Germany’s demands and deadline on the Street View wi-fi data collection fiasco, and Germany reiterates that it wants the hardware and not just the data. Is there a showdown looming? In the meantime, Germany fires a warning shot across the bow of Facebook: Germany’s national consumer-protection agency may take legal measures against…
Category: Non-U.S.
C-29: The Anti-Privacy Privacy Bill
Michael Geist calls C-29 the Anti-Privacy Privacy Bill. He writes, in part: Just over three years later, the government has introduced a bill that does little for Canadians’ privacy, while providing new exceptions for businesses and new powers for law enforcement (David Fraser has helpfully created a redline version of PIPEDA with the proposed changes). …
UK: Fingerprinting at St Martin’s School labelled as ‘Big Brother’ state
A school is accused of abusing children’s civil liberties with plans to record their fingerprints for school dinners. Such was the outrage from parents at St Martin’s School in Hutton, the idea was put on hold just a day after being unveiled while fears are quelled. The school wants to use state-of-the-art biometric finger mapping…
UK: Identity cards scheme will be axed ‘within 100 days’
The National Identity Card scheme will be abolished within 100 days with all cards becoming invalid, Home Secretary Theresa May has said. The bill to axe the cards and the ID register will be the first put before parliament by the new government – with a target of becoming law by August. Read more on…