In the first case tried since the passage of Sweden’s anti-file sharing law in April, an ISP has been told by a Swedish court it must hand over information about its customers to five publishers looking into copyright violations. If the company, broadband service provider Ephone, fails to comply with the order from the Solna…
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EU Commission: right to ‘chip silence’
The European Commission is to investigate whether or not people have the right to disappear from the ever-more pervasive digital networks that surround them. The Commission has expressed concern about the privacy implications of personally-identifying technologies such as radio frequency identification (RFID) chips. It said that it is important to discuss whether or not people…
Euro data watchdog: progress on data protection
The European Union is making good progress on data protection, with most institutions now meeting requirements – although Community agencies are doing less well. This news comes from the second European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) report into compliance. Peter Hustinx, supervisor at EDPS, said: “I am pleased to see that compliance with data protection rules…
Gang bill may breach Charter
The province’s latest anti-gang law could breach the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, says the vice-president of Alberta’s Criminal Trial Lawyers’ Association. “It’s problematic in a number of respects,” city lawyer Deborah Hatch said after Bill 42 was introduced in the legislature last week. “It captures a whole lot of people here and a whole…