Out-Law.com describes an interesting libel case in the UK where being able to demonstrate how many people actually accessed the article and from what locality came into play: A libel action over an article that appeared on the website of a South African magazine has been dismissed by a court in England. Evidence suggested that…
Category: Non-U.S.
Berlin tries to torpedo EU deal with US for bank data exchange
German Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger said on Friday Berlin would try to stop an EU agreement to transfer bank information to the United States. “The federal government has distanced itself from the SWIFT agreement,” she told the Berliner Zeitung daily. “I consider it unfortunate that the EU is trying to push through this agreement according…
Confidential plans for 1.2 billion ID cards for India
From Wikileaks.org: This confidential working paper (49 pp) presents the current plan for India’s Unique ID Databse (sic) Project. Numerous RTI (Right to Information ) petitions failed to obtain this document about the world’s biggest citizen identification scheme. Because the project will likely become a model for many countries the document is of global interest….
Swiss privacy watchdog to sue Google Street View
Back in August, when Hanspeter Thür, Switzerland’s Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner, demanded that Google withdraw Street View from Switzerland, Google responded by pledging to blur more and do more to protect personal privacy. Whatever steps Google took were apparently not sufficient, as Frank Jordans of the Associated Press now reports that Thür has…