Vancouver – The BC Supreme Court has decided children of anonymous sperm donor fathers do have the right to learn who their dads are. Olivia Pratten has asked the courts to ensure donor records are preserved indefinitely and children can access them when they turn 19. Read more on News1130.
Category: Misc
UK: Super-injunctions, Neuberger and the privacy “debate”
The report of the Neuberger Committee on super-injunctions is due out tomorrow. It can confidently be predicted that it will not satisfy those elements in the media which have been campaigning against privacy injunctions. The committee was set up to “examine the issues around the use of injunctions which bind the press and so-called ‘super-injunctions’”. It…
Trying to define “sensitive” data
Peter Fleischer compares the EU definition of “sensitive personal data” to the definition in India’s new law and finds the EU definition lacking: The European Data Protection Directive defines them as: “personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade-union membership, and the processing of data concerning health or sex…
That Creepy Website Owner Who Made You Worry About Online Shopping Is Now Going to Jail
You may recall reading about DecorMyEyes.com back in December when its owner, Vitaly Borker (also known as “Tony Russo” and “Stanley Bolds”), was charged with selling fake designer sunglasses online, stealing customers’ credit card information, and then stalking them and making threatening comments like “I AM WATCHING YOU” when they complained about any or all of…