Did Swedish anti-piracy law backfire or did it just do no good in the long-term, or what? Following a severe drop in the aftermath of Ipred, Sweden’s new anti-piracy law implemented in April, illegal file sharing is once again on the rise, reaching record high levels. Many experts believed that the Ipred law wouldn’t have…
Category: Non-U.S.
The Queen gets tough on paparazzi in royal privacy row
Andrew Alderson reports: The Queen has authorised a crackdown on the paparazzi amid her growing anger at intrusions into the private lives of members of the Royal family and their friends. The new get-tough approach has the full support of the Prince of Wales, Prince William, Prince Harry and other senior members of the Royal…
Ca: Telemarketer’s collection and disclosure of personal information deemed to be non-consensual
PIPEDA Case Summary #2008-398 The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada received complaints one year apart from two individuals who claimed that telemarketing agents from a particular bank had collected their personal information for a credit card application without consent. One of the complainants alleged that the bank had disclosed her personal information to…
Ca: Bank not responsible after new account was opened using stolen identity
PIPEDA Case Summary #2009-012: A fraudster used forged identification of an individual to open a bank account in the individual’s name. When the fraud was discovered, the individual realized that the fraudster had also used an invalid address and telephone number when applying for the account. The victim claimed the bank could have avoided the…