TJ McIntyre writes: One recent story which didn’t attract as much attention as it should have was the revelation that the Revenue have set up a special VIP unit to minimise leaks of confidential information about public figures. This emerged with the publication of an audit by the Data Protection Commissioner which found significant weaknesses…
Category: Non-U.S.
Switzerland court rules UBS disclosure of client information was illegal
The Federal Administrative Court of Switzerland ruled Friday that the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) violated the law in February 2009 when it ordered UBS to disclose information to the US on more than 250 of the bank’s clients. FINMA issued the order after the US Department of Justice (DOJ) accused UBS of assisting…
Ca: Suit alleges secret sex tapes
Jane Seyd reports: A West Vancouver man is suing his former lover — a North Vancouver teacher — for making a secret sex tape of them, and then showing it to her ex-husband, who then brutally beat the boyfriend in his own home. In a civil lawsuit, filed in B.C. Supreme Court Dec. 29, the…
UK: Home secretary: ID register contains NI numbers
Home secretary Alan Johnson has confirmed that the National Identity Register contains National Insurance numbers and answers to ‘shared secrets’. In a revelation that is likely to intensify the arguments over the privacy implications of the database, Johnson claimed the NI numbers have been included to “aid identity verification checks for identity cards and, in…