Parliamentary debate kicked off in Sweden’s Riksdag on Wednesday, as politicians once again argued over a controversial signals intelligence law. “Are we really, in a democratic country, going to implement a system which entails wire tapping the masses?” the Left Party’s Alice Åström asked her colleagues in the Riksdag, according to the Svenska Dagbladet (SvD)…
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Police keep data about demonstrators’ relatives
Bae Hyun-jung reports: Family members of those who violated the law on assembly and demonstration have their personal information recorded in the police database, without their knowing, said a lawmaker. “The police, in trials involving the candlelight vigil participants, submitted as evidence the past criminal records of their family members who were not involved in…
Unconstitutionality of law on telecommunication data retention
If I’m understanding this article correctly, the Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) has declared certain provisions of Law 298/2008 on telephone data storage unconstitutional because the law violates articles of the Romanian Constitution. The court considered the matter in a dispute between Orange Romania and the Commissariat for Civil Society (CSC). The text of the…
Bank customer’s privacy anger
David Nankervis reports: Banking giant ANZ has admitted a branch manager breached privacy regulations to access a customer’s personal information. But the woman whose private details were “inappropriately” viewed by the manager – who is also her next door neighbour – is demanding the man be sacked according to the bank’s own code of conduct…