Mohit Kumar writes: After being threatened with a ban in Russia, end-to-end encrypted Telegram messaging app has finally agreed to register with new Russian Data Protection Laws, but its founder has assured that the company will not comply to share users’ confidential data at any cost. Russia’s communications watchdog Roskomnadzor [Read More…]
This case isn’t about privacy, but as I read this report, I started thinking about implications for “Right to be Forgotten.” Canada’s supreme court has ruled that the country’s courts can order Google to remove search results all over the world after a long-running case between Vancouver-based tech company Equustek [Read More…]
A case note from the New Zealand Privacy Commissioner’s Office: A couple complained to us that one of their neighbours’ security cameras could film into their lounge windows and parts of their garden and pool area. […] The couple said the camera was an intrusion into their privacy because it could [Read More…]
Mike Maharrey writes: Yesterday, an important California Assembly committee passed a bill that would require all law enforcement agencies in the state to get local government approval before acquiring or using surveillance technology. Passage of the bill would take the first step toward limiting the unchecked use of surveillance technologies [Read More…]