Join Hunton & Williams at the 2012 Europe Data Protection Intensive, now hosted by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (“IAPP”) in London, April 25-26, 2012. Hunton & Williams privacy professionals will be featured speakers in the following sessions: Continue reading…
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Privacy News- Laws weaken privacy protection May 23, 2012'Carr's success in the US demonstrates why he is a good foreign minister' OUR diplomat-in-chief is doing a fine job, so he should leave domestic politics to others. 'The parliament is not having a problem - two members and one government are' THE... […]
- Google plays hide and seek with Street View data May 23, 2012After months of negotiation, Johannes Caspar, a German data protection official, forced Google to show him exactly what its Street View cars had been collecting from potentially millions of his fellow citizens. Snippets of emails, photographs, passwords,... […]
- Lawmakers consider changes to bias law following Rutgers webcam case sentencing May 23, 2012The political fallout from the Dharun Ravi sentencing has begun: One lawmaker has proposed strengthening penalties for cybercrimes while another is investigating whether amendments to the state'''s anti-bullying law are needed.Assemblywoman Mary Pat... […]
- Google's data collection violates privacy: Regulators May 23, 2012After months of negotiation, Johannes Caspar, a German data protection official, forced Google to show him exactly what its Street View cars had been collecting from potentially millions of his fellow citizens. Snippets of emails, photographs, passwords,... […]
- Don't appeal Ravi sentence May 23, 2012The 30-day jail sentence imposed on Dharun Ravi Monday in the controversial webcam spying case somehow doesn'''t feel sufficiently harsh. But that isn'''t the fault of Superior Court Judge Glenn Berman, who was saddled with unclear and obsolete laws to... […]
- Googles data collection violates privacy, claim regulators May 23, 2012Secrets spilled across the computer screen. After months of negotiation, Johannes Caspar, a German data protection official, forced Google to show him exactly what its Street View cars had been collecting from potentially millions of his fellow citizens.... […]
- Google’s data collection violates privacy: Regulator May 23, 2012After months of negotiation, Johannes Caspar, a German data protection official, forced Google to show him exactly what its Street View cars had been collecting from potentially millions of his fellow citizens. Snippets of emails, photographs, passwords,... […]
- Lawmakers mull changes to bias law May 23, 2012The political fallout from the Dharun Ravi sentencing has begun: One lawmaker has proposed strengthening penalties for cybercrimes while another is investigating whether amendments to the state'''s anti-bullying law are needed.Assemblywoman Mary Pat... […]
- Legislator calls for mandatory jail time for bias, voyeurism crimes May 22, 2012Assemblywoman Mary Pat Angelini proposed strengthening laws for cybercrime in light of the sentence given to Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi on Monday.Angelini, who sponsored the state'''s Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights, is looking to impose harsher... […]
- Government to tighten up online privacy rules May 22, 2012Attorney-General Nicola Roxon wants privacy laws tightened. Photo: Penny Bradfield The federal government will move to tighten up privacy rules to give people more information on how their personal details are being used on the internet. Attorney-General... […]
- Laws weaken privacy protection May 23, 2012