The Church of Scientology has submitted recommendations to the Australian Human Rights Commission is response to their “Freedom of Religion and Belief in the 21st century project.” The Church states that it: supports the adoption by Federal and/or State Governments of Article 20(2) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (‘ICCPR’) which states…
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EU speaks out on US bank data access
Shaun Nichols reports: Members of the European Union’s Civil Liberties Committee have questioned European banking officials after access to bank data was granted to US authorities. The committee issued a statement on Monday expressing concerns over possible privacy and data protection violations within Europe’s Swift financial transition network. Advertisement US officials have been requesting bank…
Google acts to quell critics of book deal
Kelly Fiveash reports: Google has written a letter to 16 European Union publishers in an effort to allay some of their concerns about Mountain View’s digital books settlement in the US. According to today’s Financial Times, Google has agreed to have two non-US reps on the governing board of the registry that will oversee the…
Irish civil servants warned on access to records
Alison Healy reports: Some 70 staff in the Department of Social and Family Affairs have been disciplined for inappropriately accessing personal records of others in the past five years, according to figures received by The Irish Times. Of those, 69 related to the personal records of EuroMillions lottery winner Dolores McNamara. The Department of Social…