“The European commission yesterday called for the UK’s privacy laws to be tightened to protect internet surfers as it launched legal proceedings against the government for breaching data protection and so-called ePrivacy rules.”
The Guardian, 15th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“UK laws protecting the privacy of people’s communications are inadequate, the European Commission has said. The Commission has launched a legal case against the UK over its implementation of European Union Directives.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th April 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Street View, the controversial service from Google that broadcasts 360-degree views of homes and roads in many of Britain’s cities via the internet, is not a threat to personal privacy, the information commissioner has ruled. ”
The Guardian, 14th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Do we really need yet another poorly drafted statute from a government obsessed with passing new laws?”
The Times, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“There is a danger that the media will abandon expensive investigations and litigation and move on to other, easier stories.”
The Times, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The voyeur in me has been fascinated with Google’s controversial mapping service Street View. Now we are able to peer over people’s front gardens from the comfort of our computers but the lawyer in me wonders whether the many complaints of breach of privacy that have already been made will lead to legal action against it.”
The Times, 2nd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A report finds almost a quarter of major databases are illegal. Is the data storage disproportionate?”
The Times, 27th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Social networking sites like Facebook could be monitored by the UK government under proposals to make them keep details of users’ contacts.”
BBC News, 25th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Rules governing children’s safety in independent schools and academies should be ‘comprehensively overhauled’, a government advisor said today.”
The Guardian, 24th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Privacy International has lodged the complaint with the Information Commissioner over claims that a number of people are identifiable through the Street View service.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A quarter of all the largest public-sector database projects, including the ID cards register, are fundamentally flawed and clearly breach European data protection and rights laws, according to a report published today.”
The Guardian, 23rd March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A privacy campaigner will launch a legal challenge to Google’s Street View service, which was launched today. Simon Davies of Privacy International says that he will pursue ‘a test case’ against Google.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th March 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“The information commissioner has said pubs with no history of trouble should not be forced to install CCTV cameras.”
BBC News, 16th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A prospective landlord has won his fight not to install CCTV cameras in his pub after the case was taken up by the information commissioner.”
The Guardian, 12th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the world wide web, today warned MPs and peers that they should not allow third parties, including commercial companies, to snoop on people’s internet browsing.”
The Guardian, 11th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A baby had its details held on the controversial DNA police database, Jacqui Smith has confirmed.”
BBC News, 9th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“More than 40 major British companies face legal action for allegedly buying secret personal data about thousands of workers they wanted to vet before employing them.”
The Guardian, 6th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A family forced to spend a year in a caravan outside their flood-damaged home are being sued by their next door neighbours who claim it ruined the view and intruded on their privacy.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Privacy rights of innocent people will have to be sacrificed to give the security services access to a sweeping range of personal data, one of the architects of the government’s national security strategy has warned.”
The Guardian, 25th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The prime minister’s plans to allow phone tap evidence to be used in court could be scuppered by human rights and privacy laws, an independent review ordered by Gordon Brown has found.”
The Times, 22nd February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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