Google will comply with an expected Swiss court ruling into whether its Street View web service fails to protect people’s privacy by showing their faces and licence plates, the company and Swiss authorities said. The company is accused of failing to obscure such sensitive images from its photo mapping application sufficiently and setting cameras at…
The Netherlands promises transparancy regarding wiretapping
Ot van Daalen writes: The Dutch Minister of Justice promised on 26 November 2009 at the request of the Dutch Parliament to provide more transparency regarding wiretapping. The Dutch government is placing relatively many taps on a per-capita basis, compared to other countries. During a debate in the Parliament, members of Parliament voiced their concerns…
French court rules against Google over book copying
Sophie Hardach reports: A Paris court on Friday found U.S. Internet giant Google guilty of violating copyright by digitising books and putting extracts online, following a legal challenge by major French publishers. The court found against Google after the La Martiniere group, which controls the highbrow Editions du Seuil publishing house, argued that publishers and…
Internet Sites Gather Private Info on Kids, Says Israeli Rights Group
Hana Levi Julian reports: Research by the Eshnav organization shows that a majority of internet sites aimed at children gather private information about the children without their parents’ permission. The study was carried out by the members of the Eshnav management – Attorneys Yonatan Klinger and Shuki Peleg – and by organization volunteers. It surveyed 32…