Katitza Rodriguez writes: Today, the Paraguayan House of Representatives postponed for eight days a mandatory data retention proposal. The bill, if passed, will require Paraguayan telecom providers to store highly personal information about their customers Internet use, for one year, for possible future access by law enforcement agencies. The bill was introduced last year under the flimsy pretext that…
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Vagina pic triggers landmark case against Facebook in France
Although it’s a lawsuit against Facebook about speech, there are significant implications for privacy complaints in a precedential case to be decided today in France. The Local (France) reports: The case was brought by a Frenchman who was incensed that his pic of a famous nude oil painting was taken offline by Facebook. Everything kicked off when a…
Florida Legislators Introduce Bill That Would Strip Certain Site Owners Of Their Anonymity
Tim Cushing reports: A few Florida legislators are looking to do some serious damage to both free speech and the internet. This week, the Florida state legislature is considering a bill that would make it illegal to run any website or service anonymously, if the site fits a vague category of “disseminat[ing]” “commercial” recordings or videos—even the site…
AU: Retained data set and breach notification set to become law
Leon Spencer reports: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Attorney-General George Brandis have said that the government will support all of the recommendations made by the Parliamentary Joint Committee looking into its proposed mandatory data-retention legislation, which was introduced into parliament by Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull in October last year. In a joint statement published on Tuesday,…