Privacy

Switzerland has long been at the center of debates concerning black money stashed in its banks by foreign nationals who take advantage of the country’s strong banking secrecy policies.

 An atheist in Kentucky is suing state transportation secretary Greg Thomas after being denied his personalized “I’M GOD” license plate.

Bennie L. Hart told the local press that the state official had rejected his application to keep his license plate, one which he had already been using for 12 years in Ohio, on the grounds that it was “vulgar and offensive.”

A second law suit has been filed with the Court of Justice in Luxembourg against the transfer of personal data between the EU and the USA, reported Reuters.

It was filed by three French privacy organisations about a month after Irish Digital Rights Ireland requested that the Privacy Shield agreement be annulled.

The bathroom is one of the places a person can find those valuable and much sought-after moments of privacy.

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BELGRADE - Amendments to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure are set to go into effect on December 1, which will legalize the ability of the US government to hack into computers in any jurisdiction, even in foreign nations.

Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection Rodoljub Sabic on Wednesday revealed that he "feels safe."

He added that he does not perceive a messages he received previously as a threat.

Experts see dangers in the way the government is approaching people's privacy. Alfred Olli, an expert in civil and public safety, told BIRN on Tuesday that the government cannot violently impose surveillance on citizens against their will.

The Sofia City Court has dropped a money laundering probe against Hristo Biserov, the ex-Deputy Speaker of Bulgaria's Parliament.

Unfortunately, we are again face-to-face with a bill written with an étatist mindset. The bill on protection of personal data provides a legal assurance for the state's intervention in this field instead of providing privacy for individuals. 

A transgender passenger was forced to remove a prosthetic penis for inspection while going through airport security.

He said he went through a body scanner at the airport which picked up the prosthetic he was wearing in his underwear, as Daily Mail reports.