According to a press release from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the ICO has taken enforcement action against Ivor Cox, trading as Orion Forklift and Plant, following breaches of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR). The action comes after more than 1700 complaints about were received by the Fax Preference Service (FPS). After considering…
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Swedish court overturns ruling in audio book piracy case
The Local reports: Swedish broadband provider ePhone is not obligated to hand over customer information to five book publishers, according to a decision by the Svea Court of Appeal which overturns a lower court ruling. The case, which ePhone initially lost in June in Solna District Court, is significant because it is the first to…
AU: Banks to spy on your bills under proposed changes to Privacy Act
Nick Gardner reports: Consumers will have black marks lodged on their credit files for missing just one utility bill or credit card repayment under proposed changes to the Privacy Act. The controversial proposals will give banks carte blanche to view every aspect of our financial affairs, including accounts with other institutions, relationships with utility companies,…
Sweden: Wiretapping law prompts heated Riksdag debate
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)…