In something of a departure from a trend in some European countries towards considering IP addresses to be personally identifiable information, a French appeals court last week determined that an IP address could not be used…
The recent ruling in an Italian court against three Google executives finding them criminally liable for violated Italian privacy law by allowing a video to be posted on YouTube predecessor Google Video has been widely criticized…
The “street view” feature of Google maps is proving to be yet another example of innovative uses of new technology raising legal and ethical questions about personal privacy, and of differing perspectives on just what is…
In a public expression of concern (or actually as reported, astonishment) over Facebook’s December changes in privacy policy, default user privacy settings, and the set of user information always made public, European Commissioner for Information Society…
Among the latest unauthorized disclosures of personal information making headlines is the admission last week by T-Mobile that thousands of its British customers had essentially become pawns in a “black market” for mobile service subscriber information…
In another example of stronger individual-level privacy protections in the European Community compared to those in the United States, the EU Council this week approved a law that requires online users to be asked for explicit…
The British Ministry of Justice recently published proposed new penalties for knowingly misusing personal data in violation of section 55 of the Data Protection Act. The proposals raise the maximum penalty to include jail time, in…
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