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…
Category: Non-U.S.
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…
Privacy International to set up $1m Asian privacy network
Ian Grant reports: The Canadian International Development Research Centre has awarded a $1m contract to UK-based civil rights campaign group Privacy International to set up an Asian privacy network. Announcing the deal at Privacy International’s 20th anniversary celebration in London, executive director Simon Davies said the network would include Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines…
Slovak manager to sue Deutsche Telekom over spying
A Slovak Telekom employee who was one of the targets of Deutsche Telekom snooping activities in Eastern Europe plans to sue the Germany’s telecoms giant for breach of privacy, his lawyer said Monday. Slovak Telekom security chief Frantisek Gaulieder, a former lawmaker, was among the people spied on by Deutsche Telekom AG, the Sme daily…