November 11, 2014
The latest edition of the Harvard Law Review has been published and with it an analysis of Riley v California. The court’s judgement is found here. While UK/NZ/Australian jurisprudence in the privacy sphere takes very little from the US Constitutional consideration of privacy rights, primarily the 4th but also the 14th amendment, it is always Read the rest of this entry »
November 10, 2014
The ABC reports today in Firefighting helicopters to be grounded if drones spotted in bushfire areas, authorities say about concerns about drones flying in a bushfire area causing a threat to aerial firefighters. While the concern is specific the general threat of drones to aviation has been well-known for some time the increasing number of drones and their improved technical capacity makes the issue even more pressing. Not that the review by CASA is moving at lightening speed. But CASA’s role relates to Read the rest of this entry »
November 8, 2014
Home Depot previously announced that it lost 56 million payment card details in a data breach (see my post on 24 September here). It has now announced that the data breach also involved Read the rest of this entry »
November 7, 2014
In the latest UNSW Law Journal there is an excellent article, Dawn of the Age of the Drone. It is mandatory reading for anyone who has an interest in privacy law and the rapid development of this technology.
In addition there are two interesting articles on the practical use of drones. The first is by Slate in Unidentified Drones Keep Flying Over French Nuclear Plants where it reports on Read the rest of this entry »
November 4, 2014
The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) announced a $10 million fine on TerraCom and its affiliate YourTel America for poor data security practices. This comes in the same week as the FCC announced that it was joining the Global Privacy Enforcement Network, the second US regulatory agency to join the Network, after the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”).
The nub of the complaint is Read the rest of this entry »
November 2, 2014
In Google Loses Lawsuit For Posting Woman’s Cleavage the issue a Canadian Court dealt with was the liability of Google for taking a photograph of a woman sitting on her stoop. The photograph showed Read the rest of this entry »