Hanspeter Thür, the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC), has accused Google of not having taken the necessary steps to safeguard the privacy of Swiss citizens. Thür has demanded that “Google Inc. immediately withdraw its online service Google Street View concerning Switzerland,” according to a statement. In the months leading up to its…
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ID-scanning to comply with privacy laws
Controversial technology that collects bar patrons’ personal information will remain in use after B.C.’s privacy commissioner worked out a compromise with the technology’s owner. Privacy commissioner David Loukidelis ruled in July that a system made by TreoScope to collect and store customers’ names, photos, birthdates, genders and driver’s licence numbers as part of the BarWatch…
French DPA issues guidelines on personal data transfers
On August 19, 2009, the Official Journal published guidelines issued by the French Data Protection Authority (Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (the “CNIL”)) regarding transfers of personal data carried out in the context of U.S. discovery proceedings (the “Guidelines”). The CNIL’s publication comes in the wake of a recent increase in the volume…
Two charged with leaking BNP membership list (update 1)
The Press Association reports that two people have been charged under the Data Protection Act following the leak of the British National Party membership list on the internet last year. The BBC adds that the two are a man aged 27 and a woman aged 30 and that they were arrested in Brinsley, Nottinghamshire: They…