EU Commission outlines plans to strengthen privacy law: “The European Commission is planning to beef up the Data Protection Directive, strengthening the enforcement of the EU law and including introducing new demands that technologies and…
Canadian privacy watchdog launches investigation into Facebook’s response to its previous investigation: “Canada’s Privacy Commissioner has launched an investigation into changes Facebook made to its privacy policy. The changes were made in response to an…
Twitter breaks privacy law, says Norwegian consumer group: “The Norwegian consumer group that says that Facebook’s terms and conditions break the law has pledged also to take action against Twitter and LinkedIn.” (Via OUT-LAW News.)
Lisbon Treaty could strengthen EU powers in IP and data protection: “The European Union has strengthened its powers to change intellectual property and data protection laws in future, according to one EU law expert. The…
Privacy watchdog publishes plain English data protection guide: “Privacy and data protection regulator the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published a plain English guide to data protection law. The guide is intended to help non-experts…
ISPs and public believe Government data safeguards inadequate: “The internet access industry and members of the public have rejected the Government’s plans to retain details of citizens’ internet access, saying that safeguards for internet users’…
UK – T-Mobile staff sold personal data: (BBC) Staff at mobile phone company T-Mobile passed on millions of records from thousands of customers to third party brokers, the firm has confirmed. Details emerged after the…
Swiss roll Street View into court: “ Data protection supremo’s patience runs out Switzerland’s head of federal data protection has announced that he’s taking Google to court after the search monolith refused to comply with…
ICO chastises NHS over data losses: “ A very leaky vessel indeed NHS organisations were responsible for 30 per cent of the security breaches reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office over the last two years.……
Burglary and theft account for a third of data security breaches, reports ICO: “The biggest security risks for organisations that process people’s personal details are burglary and theft, according to figures just published by the…