The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD), Hong Kong issued the following press release today: PCPD’s Concern about Posting Video of Students Online (13 May 2015) In response to the concern about the alleged unconsented uploading of video clips of secondary school students online, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal…
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Google wins first “right to be forgotten” case in Finland
yle reports: Finland’s Data Protection Ombudsman has handed down his first ruling in a dispute over removing information from Google’s search engine results. The Ombudsman ruled that Google had no duty to remove the search results relating to a Finnish man’s business blunders. According to Data Protection Ombudsman Reijo Aarnio there was no need to…
Copyright owners cannot use DMCA to obtain ISP subscriber info: Court
Their press release, below. I wonder how the other ISPs served by Rightscorp responded to the subpoenas. Did they fight or just turn over their customers’ information? Birch Communications (“Birch”) a leading nationwide provider of communications, network and cloud services to small, mid-sized, enterprise and wholesale businesses, announced today a favorable ruling by the U.S….
Extortion Website Operator Casey Meyering Pleads No Contest
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced today that cyber exploitation website operator, Casey E. Meyering, has pled no contest to one count of extortion, three counts of attempted extortion, and one count of conspiracy. He is expected to be sentenced on June 8, 2015. Meyering operated WinByState.com, a cyber exploitation website on which intimate images…