Alan Duke reports: An Illinois man is suing the Vatican and Pope Benedict XVI for allegedly covering up sexual abuse by a priest at a Catholic school in Wisconsin. The lawsuit demands the Vatican release the names of thousands of Catholic priests that the suit says have “credible allegations of sexual misconduct” against them. […]…
Category: Non-U.S.
UK: Not all newspapers must be informed of privacy injunctions, says High Court
Only those media organisations which have already expressed an interest in a story need to be notified of a privacy-protecting court injunction, the High Court has said. Notification does not have to go to every media organisation in the country. The High Court ruled in the case of an un-named person whose laptop was stolen…
E-waste and data protection: EDPS warns against security risks and calls for “privacy by design”
From the press release: Yesterday, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) adopted an opinion on the European Commission’s proposal to recast the Directive on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE, also referred to as “e-waste”), a proposal that is intensively discussed in the European Parliament and Council, but without consideration of the data protection implications….
Canada will keep an eye on Facebook Platform expansion for privacy
Scott M. Fulton, III reports: Yesterday’s introduction by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg of a vastly expanded form of the Facebook Platform — enabling Web sites to gather information on users’ “likes,” share them with Facebook, and get traffic as a result — did not slip past the office of Canada’s Privacy Commissioner, Jennifer Stoddart. In…