aturner writes on the Brisbane Times DigiHub blog: Do you really want Facebook and Twitter giving away your location? Location-based services have been the Next Big Thing for years, but the boom in GPS-enabled smartphones has really enabled the technology to take off. Both Facebook and Twitter are preparing to jump on the geo-spatial bandwagon,…
Category: Non-U.S.
Article 29 Working Party Provides Guidance On Data Controller/Processor Concepts
Wim Nauwelaerts writes: Who is in “control” of personal data and who merely processes personal data on behalf of a data “controller”? These are essential questions for purposes of compliance with EU data protection requirements, yet answering them can be quite problematic in practice. The EU Data Protection Directive defines the controller as the person…
Privacy law: is Max Mosley right?
Allen Green writes: Both the Press and the State are capable of doing great good; the effective functioning of both is fundamental in a modern democratic society. However, the Press and the State are both also capable of intruding needlessly into the lives, communications, and personal space of private individuals. But to take privacy seriously…
MEPs ask for more time before full vote on PNR data transfer
Members of the European Parliament (MEP) have been asked not to torpedo a long-standing agreement on sending air passengers’ personal details to US authorities to leave time for a new deal to be negotiated. Passenger name records (PNR) are sets of 19 pieces of information that US authorities demand on every air traveller entering that…