Associated Press in Paris provides more on a lawsuit first covered here: The snapshot shows Roman Polanski standing at a window, his face narrowly visible between the curtains. The French paper that published the photograph said it was a legitimate depiction of the director’s life under house arrest in his Swiss Alpine chalet, but the…
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New Chinese Tort Liability Law Contains Provisions Affecting Personal Data
Hunton & Williams provide more details on the newly passed Chinese tort law: Certain of its provisions relate, expressly or in a general sense, to personal information. These provisions can cause data users to incur liability to data subjects for the mishandling of personal information. In particular: The law (at Articles 2 and 6) states…
Ca: New privacy rules for Crown-run casinos in Sask. after complaint investigation
Two Crown-run casinos in Regina and Moose Jaw, Sask., are no longer demanding personal information from people who pay cash for tickets to live stage shows. Gary Dickson, the province’s information and privacy commissioner, says Saskatchewan Gaming has adopted new privacy rules to stop the practice. He says his agency launched an investigation in 2008…
AU: Vinnies ‘misused’ donor data
Erik Jensen reports: The St Vincent de Paul Society has been accused of breaching public trust and aspects of the Privacy Act after entering into an agreement that allowed one of the world’s largest data companies to gather information through a Christmas mail-out from the charity. The society defended its relationship with Acxiom but admitted…