If I’m understanding this article correctly, the Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) has declared certain provisions of Law 298/2008 on telephone data storage unconstitutional because the law violates articles of the Romanian Constitution. The court considered the matter in a dispute between Orange Romania and the Commissariat for Civil Society (CSC). The text of the…
Activists demand privacy protections for DC One Card
Michael Neibauer reports: Privacy advocates have sounded the alarm about the District government’s effort to issue a single, traceable identification card to residents, urging the D.C. Council to adopt legislation that protects the privacy of all users. The DC One Card has been adopted by the Fenty administration as a single credential for use as…
Bank customer’s privacy anger
David Nankervis reports: Banking giant ANZ has admitted a branch manager breached privacy regulations to access a customer’s personal information. But the woman whose private details were “inappropriately” viewed by the manager – who is also her next door neighbour – is demanding the man be sacked according to the bank’s own code of conduct…
Canada: New decision on warrantless access to ISP customer data
David Fraser writes: A friend just provided me with a copy of a recent decision of the Ontario Court of Justice considering the admissibility of information obtained without a warrant from the suspect’s internet service provider, Bell. R. v. Cuttell is not on CanLii yet, but I’ve put a copy here. The Court concluded there…