Cabinet has approved the Protection of Personal Information Bill to go before Parliament. The draft law has been nine years in the making and will have a profound impact on business, lawyers say. Yesterday, Cabinet spokesman Themba Maseko said the Bill was drafted by the South African Law Commission and seeks to protect the constitutional…
Malaysia to cancel Internet filter-source
Malaysia’s government on Thursday said it would seek other ways of curbing “the spread of lies and seditious materials” online after earlier plans for an Internet filter were apparently scrapped. A source had earlier told Reuters the government was cancelling a tender for Internet filter that drew comparisons with China’s “Green Dam” project and triggered…
Canadian bus driver refuses U.S. background check and wins
A Canadian school bus driver who refused to allow a U.S. security firm perform a mandatory background check out of privacy concerns has won her battle. Stephanie Sydiaha, a driver for First Student Canada, opposed the background check out of fear over what the private U.S. firm might do with her personal information once it…
ACLU says Pa. man wrongly charged in wiretap case
The Allegheny County District Attorney’s office wrongly charged a man with violating state wiretap law for recording police with a cell phone, the American Civil Liberties Union claimed in a federal lawsuit Thursday. The ACLU said law enforcement agents in Pennsylvania, Allegheny County in particular, have been misapplying the wiretap law. “Unfortunately, many Pennsylvania law…