Experts agree on proposed global privacy standards: (AFP) Experts from 50 nations meeting in Madrid have reached a draft agreement on international standards for the protection of privacy and personal data. Under the proposed standards,…
Facebook publishes natural language privacy policy for user-consultation: “Facebook has published a privacy policy which it has written in natural language rather than legal jargon and which it hopes will be the basis of user…
EU – Telecoms: Commission steps up UK legal action over privacy and personal data protection: (RAPID) The Commission has moved to the second phase of an infringement proceeding over the UK to provide its citizens…
UK gets final warning over Phorm trials: “ Change the law, or we’ll see you in court Updated The UK government today came a step closer to international embarrassment over its failure to act against…
DEFRA loses tapes – and plot: “ Situation normal – usual staggering government incompetence It has been revealed that the UK’s Rural Payments Agency (RPA) lost tapes five months ago which contained the payment details…
German rail firm pays €1.1m fine over employee snooping: “Germany’s national rail company has agreed to pay a €1.1 million for spying on its employees for more than a decade.” (Via OUT-LAW News.)
Can invasive services survive Britain’s privacy backlash? | News | PC Pro Barry Collins, PC Pro, Posted on 19 Oct 2009 at 11:26 Former Sun boss Scott McNealy may once have advised that we have…
EU – More action needed to fight spammers and protect online privacy, says Commission: (RAPID) The European Commission has repeated its call for EU countries to do more to tackle online privacy threats to the…
CA – Social Network Site Privacy: A Comparative Analysis of Six Sites: “(Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada) This report was prepared for the Office of the Privacy Commissioner by Jennifer Barrigar, a consultant…
Euro project to arrest us for what they think we will do: “ ‘Positively chilling’ says Liberty Radical Think Tank Open Europe has this week exposed a study by the EU that could lead to…