From his self-chosen exile in Berlin, a Swiss-born artist has been battling Switzerland’s decision to introduce a biometric passport. Adam Tellmeister places the scalpel on his brand new Swiss passport and cuts right through its blood-red outer fabric. It’s the first cut of an operation — broadcast live on the Internet — that is aimed…
Category: Non-U.S.
OPC: Accusearch violates Canadian privacy law
When the 10th Circuit upheld a ruling against U.S.-based Accusearch over the sale of telephone records on its Abika.com web site (discussed here), that was not its only problem. On July 31, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada ruled that Accusearch also violates key provisions of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents…
Police told to ignore human rights ruling over DNA database
Chief constables across England and Wales have been told to ignore a landmark ruling by the European court of human rights and carry on adding the DNA profiles of tens of thousands of innocent people to a national DNA database. Senior police officers have also been “strongly advised” that it is “vitally important” that they…
UBS tax settlement delayed
The U.S. and Switzerland need at least five more days to negotiate settlement of a Justice Department lawsuit against UBS AG seeking the names of Americans suspected of evading taxes through 52,000 secret Swiss accounts. U.S. District Judge Alan Gold in Miami today agreed to a request by Justice Department attorney Stuart Gibson to reschedule…