A court asked the Constitutional Court, Friday, to determine whether the Communication Protection Law allowing authorities to wiretap for an indefinite period in the course of investigations violates people’s right to privacy. The Seoul Central District Court said, “Excessive wiretapping could be taken as an infringement upon privacy regardless of the purpose of the investigation.”Currently,…
Google, EBay Wanted as Prisoners of Privacy Wars
A commentary by Ann Woolner about some international conflicts involving privacy laws and the Internet: Google Inc.’s top lawyer, David Drummond, appealed to a London audience last month to help fight censorship of the World Wide Web. He mentioned China, Turkey and Thailand as some of the worst offenders of free Internet speech. Yet Italy…
UK: Hewitt loses PCC complaint over son drug-bust story
Dominic Ponsford of Press Gazette reports: The Press Complaints Commission has rejected a complaint from Patricia Hewitt MP over an article in the Sun about her son Nicholas Birtles being charged with possession of cocaine. She claimed that it breached her son’s privacy (clause three of the Editors’ Code) and that it unnecessarily referred to…
Nebraska high court to hear new appeal in e-mail case
The Associated Press reports: The Nebraska Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether profanity-laced e-mails sent to a college professor who was a candidate for political office were criminal in nature or protected free speech. Darren Drahota was convicted of disturbing the peace and fined $250 for e-mails he sent in 2006 to former…