ITU – Toolkit for Cybercrime Legislation: “(ITU) The ITU Toolkit for Cybercrime Legislation aims to provide countries with sample legislative language and reference material that can assist in the establishment of harmonized cybercrime laws and…
Simon Wiesenthal Centre: Facebook used to ‘promote hatred of Jews’: “Facebook was under increasing fire tonight for allegedly hosting pages promoting hatred against Jews after a report found that militants and hate groups were increasingly…
ICO voices concern over creaking data protection law: “ Data Protection Directive approaching 15th birthday The Data Protection Directive is old-fashioned and out of date, a report published by the UK’s privacy regulator the Information…
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…