Jan Meeus and Merel Thie report: What do a miracle doctor, a shrink, a lawyer and an imam have in common? Their professions are all on a list of words compiled by the Dutch public prosecutor for what is its biggest inquiry ever. All over the Netherlands, millions of transcripts of phone taps are currently…
Category: Non-U.S.
“Brother Sharp” had private life exposed online
This story, from the China Daily, about how a private individual with mental health issues became the focus of Internet and media scrutiny, and how the writer feels about the intrusion into privacy: We have all seen the power of the “cyber manhunt”, and how dramatically people’s lives can be changed when they are caught…
Two U.K. security companies found in breach of privacy rules
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has served enforcement notices on SAS Fire & Security Systems Ltd and Direct Response Security Systems Limited after both companies breached the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) by making unsolicited marketing calls. The ICO received numerous complaints via the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) and individuals who had been contacted…
Google stops censoring in China
Everyone’s writing about Google’s cessation of censoring search results in China. Here’s a sampling: Thomas Claburn reports: Ending months of speculation, Google on Monday stopped censoring search results in China. The company has done so by redirecting searchers who arrive at Google.cn, its search site in China, to Google.com.hk, which relies on servers based in…