Google faces Greek Street View ban: “Greek authorities have barred Google from taking photographs of its streets over fears about the privacy implications of the search giant’s Street View service. The Greek Data Protection Authority…
Judges rap police over raid on paedo expert: “ Warrant quashed The courts have delivered a sharp rap over the knuckles to Avon and Somerset police, reminding them in no uncertain terms that it is…
French Anti-Piracy Proposal Undermines E.U. Telecommunications OverhaulThe European Parliament on Wednesday rejected a long-planned revision of the Continent’s telecommunications laws because of a controversial provision to punish Internet pirates. (Via NYT > Technology.)
Facebook’s E-Mail Censorship Legally Dubious, Experts SayFacebook is censoring private messages between its users, preventing them from sharing links from The Pirate Bay file-sharing site. Civil liberties lawyers say it could violate the law, but…
High court judge: Data protection isn’t defamation substitute: “ Act does not have your back The Data Protection Act should not be a backup plan in failed defamation cases, a High Court judge has said….
Major law firm drops filesharing threats: “ Staff continue ‘bullying’ at smaller outfit Exclusive Davenport Lyons, the high profile London media law firm, has dropped its mass letter writing campaign on behalf of copyright holders,…
EU – Commission Recommendation on RFID privacy and data protection: “(RAPID) There are already over 6 billion smart chips, microelectronic devices that can be integrated into a variety of everyday objects from fridges to bus…
UK – Call to ‘disconnect file-sharers’: “(BBC) Persistent illegal file-sharers should be cut off from the net, an alliance of UK creative industries will tell the government later. The alliance wants the government to force…