On January 11, 2010, the data protection authority of the German federal state of Baden-Wurtemberg issued a press release stating that it had fined the Müller Group €137,500 for illegal retention of health-related data and failure to appoint a Data Protection Officer. In April 2009, the German press reported that the Müller Group, a drugstore…
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Ca: Privacy complaint filed against youth-oriented social networking site Nexopia
Michael Oliveira reports: Canada’s privacy commissioner should investigate how a youth-oriented social networking site uses the personal information of its members, an Ottawa-based consumer advocacy group said Tuesday. The Public Interest Advocacy Centre has filed a complaint with Jennifer Stoddart about Nexopia’s alleged “unnecessary and non-consensual use and disclosure of personal information.” Nexopia boasts that…
Ghana’s National Security Coordinator rejects calls for law on sim card registration
Fiifi Koomson reports: The National Security Coordinator Lt. Col (Rtd) Larry Gbevlo-Lartey has dismissed calls for a law to back a directive for the mandatory registration of mobile phone sim cards. Col Gbevlo-Lartey says agitation for such a law is “completely out of the question.” National Security has issued a directive to mobile phone service…
Microsoft to Purge User Data Collected on Bing After Six Months
Kevin O’Brien reports: Bowing to pressure in Europe, Microsoft on Tuesday said it will redesign the worldwide operation of its online search engine, Bing, to eliminate all data collected on users after six months. John Vassallo, a Microsoft vice president and associate general counsel, said the company would introduce the changes over the next 18…