Kyodo News reports a ruling of the Saitama District Court ordering Google to de-index certain results is the first in that country to explicitly recognize a “right to be forgotten” in Japan. A Japanese court has recognized the “right to be forgotten” in a case filed by a man demanding Google Inc remove three-year-old news reports of…
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Jason Pierre-Paul sues ESPN, Adam Schefter for tweeting his medical records
Julia Marsh reports: Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul is flagging ESPN and its reporter Adam Schefter for posting his private medical records online to millions of readers. Pierre-Paul, 27, sued ESPN and Schefter in a Florida court Wednesday, citing a violation of his privacy. Read more on NY Post.
Article: Singling Out People Without Knowing Their Names – Behavioural Targeting, Pseudonymous Data, and the New Data Protection Regulation
Zuiderveen Borgesius, Frederik J., Singling Out People Without Knowing Their Names – Behavioural Targeting, Pseudonymous Data, and the New Data Protection Regulation (February 16, 2016). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2733115 Abstract: Information about millions of people is collected for behavioural targeting, a type of marketing that involves tracking people’s online behaviour for targeted advertising. It is…
Teacher’s sex tape stolen from hacked Dropbox, posted on school site
Lisa Vaas reports: A gay high school teacher was fired from his job in October after a cyberthief broke into his Dropbox account, stole a sex tape, and posted it to the school’s site. Brian Cody Bray told the Washington Blade that he was home sick on 29 October when a co-worker called to tell him that…