Canada has its own FISA bill, but unlike ours which concerns surveillance, the Canadian FISA stands for “Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Act,” otherwise referred to as C-28 in the news this week. David Canton writes: Bill C-28 is the “Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Act” or FISA. It is essentially the same as the “Electronic…
Category: Non-U.S.
Voyeurism, surveillance and the camera
Phil Coomes, picture editor and photographer for the BBC News website, blogs about a new exhibit at the Tate Museum in London. If you’re in the area, you might want to check it out: Voyeuristic and invasive of privacy: is that photography today? When does photography tip over the line into surveillance? These questions are…
UK: Viewing a website is a ‘transactional decision’, says OFT’s behavioural ad study
Struan Robertson writes: OPINION: The OFT has endorsed the UK ad industry’s self-regulation of behavioural advertising. But its conclusion was based in part on a curious reading of consumer protection regulations, coupled with research that departs from similar studies. The Office of Fair Trading is the Government’s consumer and competition authority. That it sees no…
Is Germany declaring war on U.S. (internet giants)?
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…