Privacy News & Issues
RBC reports that a Russian court has fined Google …. a helluva lot of money (2 undecillion rubles, which converts to US$20.5 decillion). But do the plaintiffs have any chance of actually collecting it? The total amount of claims from 17 Russian TV channels to Google has reached 2 undecillion rubles, a source familiar with…
There are some incredibly determined women — women who are giving up their privacy to tell their stories of abuse and trauma. Abortion laws put women’s lives at risk Some are telling their stories of great physical and emotional trauma after being denied an abortion because of state legislators interfering with a woman’s right to…
A press release from the Irish DPC: The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has today announced its final decision following an inquiry into LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company (LinkedIn). This inquiry was launched by the DPC, in its role as the lead supervisory authority for LinkedIn, following a complaint initially made to the French Data Protection…
Sam Clark reports: European police can access data on people’s phones even when they aren’t suspected of serious crimes, the EU’s top court ruled Friday. “To consider that only the fight against serious crime is capable of justifying access to data contained in a mobile telephone would unduly limit the investigative powers of the competent…