Niki Burnside reports: Some Canberra Health Services (CHS) patients’ records have been emailed to people outside of the organisation, in what has been described as a “serious breach of privacy”. In an all-staff email, CHS chief executive Dave Peffer said the records had been sent by a small number of staff to multiple people within…
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Ireland’s Supreme Court rules seizure of computer from Quirke’s home unlawful
Vivienne Traynor reports: The Supreme Court has ruled that a seizure of a computer from convicted murderer Patrick Quirke’s home was unlawful. However, the court is to hear further arguments on the consequences of its decision and whether or not Quirke’s conviction will stand. The court was giving judgment on an appeal by Quirke against…
EU’s RTBF Continues to Produce Undesirable Results
Eric Goldman writes: This is not the first time my blog has been subject to right-to-be-forgotten (RTBF) takedowns. See, e.g., this post (scroll down for the updates). But every time the RTBF is applied to my blog, it’s probably a wrongful application of a misguided policy and worth relaying here. Here is the notice I recently received:…
Women across Iran are refusing to wear headscarves, in open defiance of the regime
Fatma Tanis reports: You see it as soon as you land at the airport: posters telling women to keep their headscarves on. They’re everywhere in Iran; in malls, restaurants, billboards above main highways, and even rest stops in between cities. The hijab remains the official law in Iran. But these days, all around the country,…