New Zealand’s Privacy Commissioner, Marie Shroff, in a submission to the Law Commission, has supported closing gaps in the current legal framework around privacy. The Commissioner made a submission to the Law Commission’s Stage 3 issues paper “Invasion of Privacy: Penalties and Remedies”, which looks at changes needed to the criminal and civil law to…
Al-Haramain case back in court
“Warrantless surveillance of American citizens, in defiance of FISA, is unlawful and unconstitutional.” President Barack Obama, December 20, 2007 “We owe the American people a reckoning.” Attorney General Eric Holder, June 13, 2008 And thus began the latest round in Al-Haramain v. Obama, a case seeking a ruling that the Terrorist Surveillance Program implemented during…
ICO statement about media blagging
This is the full text of the statement by Mick Gorrill, Assistant Information Commissioner, yesterday: “People care about their personal privacy and have a right to expect that their personal details remain confidential. Who they are, where they live, who their friends and family are, how they run their lives: these are all private matters….
Privacy concerns about Japanese rape trial
Because Aomori, Japan has a new lay judge system that involves randomly selecting lay judges as well as professional judges for cases, an upcoming rape trial has a women’s group concerned about privacy. According to The Japan Times, Women’s Net Aomori, has petitioned the Aomori District Court to ensure that the victim’s privacy is protected….