China is vigourously promoting the use of real-name registration for users of Internet and cell phone services. Continuing its earlier efforts to adopt a real-name registration system for website moderators at major news portals and big commercial sites, as well as a ban on “anonymous” comments following news stories, the Chinese claim these measures have…
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Couple wins car sex appeal over privacy rule
Elsa Baxter reports: A couple caught by police having sex in the back of a car have won their appeal after Dubai appeals court ruled the officer invaded their privacy. The newly-weds from Pakistan faced a month in prison and deportation after being found guilt of public indecency by the misdemeanors court, 7Days reports on…
Tony Blair’s campaigning website ‘shares personal data with one of his charities’
Kaye Wiggins reports: Tory candidate Greg Hands complains to Charity Commission that tonyblair4labour.org swaps information withTony Blair Africa Governance Initiative The Charity Commission is looking into a complaint that the political campaigning organisation tonyblair4labour.org has a data protection policy that allows it access to details of supporters of the Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative, a…
New breach notification requirements in effect in Canada
From the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Alberta: Amendments to the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) were proclaimed in force on May 1, 2010, and added a new requirement for organizations to notify the Information and Privacy Commissioner of incidents “involving the loss of or unauthorized access to or disclosure of personal information where…