The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has launched a consultation on a new draft code of practice which sets out the privacy watchdog’s proposed approach to using its new auditing powers due to come into effect in April 2010. The ICO will take a proportionate and risk-based approach to auditing, based on a range of intelligence…
Category: Non-U.S.
Jilted lover fly-posts pics of ex-boyfriend’s privates
Paul O’Mahony reports: An 18-year-old woman in northern Sweden has been charged with harassment after taping pictures of her ex-boyfriend’s private parts on lampposts near his home. The scorned teen also scrawled her 24-year-old ex-boyfriend’s name and phone number on the pictures, along with an unflattering comment about the size of his sex organ, Expressen…
Ca: N.B. justice minister quits after privacy breach in email from former department
The Canadian Press reports that Bernard LeBlanc, New Brunswick’s justice minister, has resigned as the result of a privacy breach that occurred when he was minister of local government: The Opposition Conservatives called for the resignation of Bernard LeBlanc after an email was released identifying a complainant in an animal abuse case. The email, which…
The Pirate Bay To Be Censored in Italy, Again
Ernesto writes: Following a lengthy legal procedure the Court of Bergamo has once again ruled that Italian ISPs have to censor their networks and prevent customer access to The Pirate Bay. Millions of Italian Internet users will be denied access to the popular torrent site in an attempt to prevent copyright infringement. […] Pirate Bay…