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Social Media and Naming Rape Victims (May 16, 2012) by Clare Feikert-Ahalt

It was reported on April 24, 2012, that 12 people across England and Wales have been arrested for allegedly both naming ...

Topic: Right of privacy
Jurisdiction: England and Wales

Data Protection Act Amended (May 03, 2012) by Wendy Zeldin

On February 9, 2012, amendments to the Dutch Personal Data Protection Act came into force. (Personal Data Protection Act (Unofficial ...

Topic: Right of privacy
Jurisdiction: Netherlands

Proposed Changes to Data Protection Act (April 30, 2012) by Wendy Zeldin

On April 11, 2012, Taiwan's Ministry of Justice sent to the Executive Yuan (Cabinet) a proposed amendment to the Personal Information ...

Topic: Right of privacy
Jurisdiction: Taiwan

Disputed Data Protection Law Amended (April 06, 2012) by Wendy Zeldin

On April 2, 2012, the Members of the Hungarian Parliament, by a large majority, amended the country's Information Freedom Act "to ...

Topic: Right of privacy
Jurisdiction: Hungary

Proposal to Outlaw Use of Smartphones to Take Compromising Pictures (March 08, 2012) by Wendy Zeldin

On February 29, 2012, the Swedish government made public draft legislation to outlaw the use of camera-equipped smartphones to take compromising ...

Topic: Right of privacy
Jurisdiction: Sweden

Health Records Proposal Leads to Controversy (February 21, 2012) by Constance Johnson

A new Danish executive order would permit local government officials to collect information about how an individual used health care services, ...

Topic: Right of privacy
Jurisdiction: Denmark

Public Persons and the Right to Privacy (February 13, 2012) by Theresa Papademetriou

On February 7, 2012, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rendered a judgment in a case involving the right to ...

Topic: Right of privacy
Jurisdiction: Council of Europe

Court Enjoins Florida Law Requiring Welfare Recipients to Take Drug Tests (November 09, 2011) by Luis Acosta

The United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida has preliminarily enjoined a Florida law that required all applicants ...

Topic: Right of privacy
Jurisdiction: United States

Prohibition on Publishing Photos of Injured or Deceased (April 22, 2011) by Ruth Levush

On March 30, 2011, the Knesset, Israel's legislature, passed an amendment to the Protection of Privacy Law, 5741-1981. The Law prohibits ...

Topic: Right of privacy
Jurisdiction: Israel

Controversial Bill to Give Tax Authorities Full Access to Electronically Stored Company Data (November 16, 2010) by Wendy Zeldin

The Danish Ministry of Taxation (Skatteministeriet, or SKAT) has proposed an amendment to the Danish Tax Control Act (869/04) under which ...

Topic: Right of privacy
Jurisdiction: Denmark

Concerns Raised for Passenger Data Privacy Under Proposed E-Ticket Transport System (November 01, 2010) by Wendy Zeldin

Norway's Data Inspectorate (DI) issued a statement on October 21, 2010, raising concerns about customer privacy under a proposed electronic ticketing ...

Topic: Right of privacy
Jurisdiction: Norway

Cross-Border Privacy Enforcement Arrangement Gains Two New Signatories (September 03, 2010) by Wendy Zeldin

On August 27 and August 30, respectively, Canada and Hong Kong joined the Cross-Border Privacy Enforcement Arrangement (CPEA) of the Asia-Pacific ...

Topic: Right of privacy
Jurisdiction: APEC

Guidance on CCTV Surveillance Published (August 10, 2010) by Wendy Zeldin

On July 22, 2010, Hong Kong's Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) released a Guidance Note on the ...

Topic: Right of privacy
Jurisdiction: Hong Kong

First Comprehensive Data Protection Bill Passed by House (April 16, 2010) by Wendy Zeldin

Malaysia's House of Representatives (Dewan Rakyat) passed a bill on April 5, 2010, that would for the first time codify a ...

Topic: Right of privacy
Jurisdiction: Malaysia

Interim Agreement on SWIFT Bank Data Voted Down by European Parliament (March 12, 2010) by Theresa Papademetriou

On February 11, 2010, the European Parliament (EP) voted down an interim agreement between the European Union and the United States, ...

Topic: Right of privacy
Jurisdiction: European Union

Court Test of Fingerprint Database Legality (February 24, 2010) by Wendy Zeldin

It was reported on February 18, 2010, that a Dutch court may soon hear the appeal of Aaron Boudewijn, a law ...

Topic: Right of privacy
Jurisdiction: Netherlands

New Law Allows Unlimited Police Search (December 09, 2009) by Hanibal Goitom

On December 2, 2008, the Malawi National Assembly passed a police bill that empowers the police to conduct searches without warrants, ...

Topic: Right of privacy
Jurisdiction: Malawi

Federal Government to Reform Privacy Laws (October 22, 2009) by Kelly Buchanan

On October 14, 2009, the Australian Federal Government released the first part of its response to a major review of Australia's ...

Topic: Right of privacy
Jurisdiction: Australia

Centralized Fingerprint Database for Passports (October 06, 2009) by Wendy Zeldin

It was reported on September 18, 2009, that the Dutch government will store in one database the fingerprints required of citizens ...

Topic: Right of privacy
Jurisdiction: Netherlands

Federal Appeals Court Sets Limits on Government Access to Private Electronic Records (September 18, 2009) by Luis Acosta

In a ruling issued August 26, 2009, a federal appeals court addressed the matter of procedures federal courts should observe in ...

Topic: Right of privacy
Jurisdiction: United States

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Last updated: May 16, 2012