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• Guarding Against Abuse Of Personal Data In The Public Domain

  August 26, 2013 - by Allan Chiang, HK privacy commissioner Many people believe personal data collected from the public domain - such as the companies, land and vehicles registers, the government gazette, and even the internet - is open to unrestricted use. This view is incorrect. Personal data, whether publicly available or not, is protected under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance. Imagine the consequences if the opposite were true. Data users may get around the law by deliberately publicising the data in the public domain, and the improper use of personal data that was leaked to the public domain would be legitimised. Technology has exacerbated the risks of a loss of privacy. Advances in the aggregation, matching and further processing of...

• Hong Kong Privacy commissioner is Luddite, says activist after Do No Evil app shutdown

  August 23, 2013 - Corporate crusader says the Do No Evil app was only providing what is already public and 'Luddite' commissioner should be replaced A pr...

• No reason to limit app access to Hong Kong public records

  August 22, 2013 - by Alex Lo (Hong Kong) Privacy protection is a good thing, until it is not. When you have a busybody of a privacy commissioner obstructing peop...

• Insolvency Cases In Korea

  August 21, 2013 - Reorganization Proceedings for Business Entities   The Purpose of reorganization proceedings is to seek maintenance and rehabilitation of...

• Attacker dances out of courtroom

  August 19, 2013 - Michael Brown danced out the court’s doors, boasting: “I haven’t even got community service or anything.” He launched t...

• Courtroom violence erupts in murder case

  August 19, 2013 - As soon as the teenage murderer spied his former friend and partner in crime across the courtroom, he started muttering under his breath. The n...

• Spanish police arrest paedophile pardoned by Moroccan king

  August 13, 2013 - Spanish authorities have arrested a paedophile recently pardoned by the king of Morocco. The king says he was not aware of the gravity of the man&#...

• What Happens If A Child Under 10 Breaks The Law In England?

  August 06, 2013 - Children under 10 who break the law are treated differently to adults or youths under 18 who commit a criminal offence. Children under 10 canno...

• What Is The Age Of Criminal Responsibility In England?

  August 06, 2013 - The age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales is 10 years old. This means that children under 10 can’t be arrested or charged w...

• If Your Kid Causes Trouble In England:

  August 06, 2013 - If your child gets in trouble with the police, you can sometimes be held responsible. You can be held responsible if your child repeatedly gets...

• UK Disclosure and Barring Service: Filtering

  August 05, 2013 - The DBS will be removing certain specified old and minor offences from criminal record certificates issued from the 29 May 2013. Changes to the leg...

• Steven Brownstein Tackling Mount Everest

  July 31, 2013 - Going For The Big One Steven Brownstein is taking a trip of a lifetime to Mt. Everest and Mount Everest Base Camp. He has been in a lot of...

• Crime hits record low in England

  July 25, 2013 - A total of 8.6 million offences were committed last year according to the official Crime Survey of England and Wales following a nine per cent fall...

• China law: Visit to parents a must

  July 23, 2013 - The Chinese government has come up with a new law that makes snubbing and neglecting elderly parents illegal, but falls short of specifying punishm...

• Australians Might Make Juvenile Records Public

  July 22, 2013 - Secret criminal records of juvenile offenders will be publicly revealed if they reoffend as adults, under a plan being considered by the Victoria (...

• UK Group Buys Screening Company

  July 18, 2013 - Chester-based GB Group has bolstered its criminal record checks business with the £1.3m acquisition of CRD (UK). CRD, based in Crewe and...

• US Snooping Threatens Aussies Trust In Cloud

  July 09, 2013 - Concerns about the privacy of corporate data located on U.S.-based cloud computing services have been reignited in Australia following the revelati...

• CRB Criminal Record Checks - New Filtering Rules

  June 27, 2013 - On 29 May 2013, the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2013 came into force. The ma...