Justice is now calling for a revision of privacy laws to include all new methods of communication - including email. Noorlander wants the UK's privacy laws to be expanded - like those in Scandinavia and Canada where all private communications are...
Nine of the World's largest Web sites have teamed up in a Privacy Partnership, to prove that the US does not need stronger data protection laws. As a result, the US government has come under pressure from the EU to strengthen its data protection...
The US wants to get around the EU's data protection laws by establishing self-regulation as the global standard for privacy on the Internet. Ira Magaziner, Clinton's senior policy adviser, told a Progress and Freedom Foundation conference yesterday...
A Washington state judge has ruled that privacy laws held over traditional communication methods should not apply to email and chat rooms, according to a US wire today. The landmark ruling is likely to upset privacy rights lobbyists; it came from a...
A move in 1998 to extend the so-called Enfopol legislation to include the internet failed, leaving individual countries to create their own interception laws, such as the UK's RIP Act. The documents reveal the Council of the European Union has...
Organisations need to look at ways to better enforce policy if they want to avoid hefty fines and serious damage to their business reputation. Fantuzzi added: "Japan probably has some of the most severe notification laws and penalties around...