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Argentina Senate approves law to compel DNA from suspected 'Dirty War' children
November 20, 2009
[JURIST] The Argentine Senate [official website] on Thursday voted 57-1 to approve a law [materials, in Spanish] that authorizes the government to obtain DNA samples from individuals suspected to have been born to forced disappearance victims of the 1976-1983 "Dirty War" [GlobalSecurity backgrounder....... [more] 
UK government announces proposal to remove innocent people from DNA database
November 11, 2009
[JURIST] The UK Home Office [official website] on Wednesday unveiled [press release] its plans for the retention of DNA profiles [JURIST news archive] in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The new proposals limit the amount of time DNA and fingerprint records of innocent people can be retained on....... [more]
Federal judge grants extension for Google book search settlement
November 10, 2009
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York [official website] on Monday extended a deadline for filing an amended settlement agreement [Authors Guild backgrounder] between Google [corporate website] and groups of authors and publishers over Google's book-scannin....... [more]
Russia prosecutors charge WWII historian with violation of privacy laws
October 16, 2009
[JURIST] A Russian historian who was researching his country's treatment of German prisoners of war during World War II was charged on Thursday with violating privacy laws. Mikhail Suprun was in the process of conducting research on the hardships faced [HistoryNet backgrounder] by captured German so....... [more]
ECJ advisory opinion finds Google ad system does not violate trademark law
September 22, 2009
[JURIST] Google's AdWords, a system that causes advertisements to be shown alongside natural search results on Google [corporate website; JURIST news archive], does not violate EU trademark law, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) [official website] said in an advisory opinion [materials; press rele....... [more]
DOJ urges federal judge to reject Google book search settlement
September 20, 2009
[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] filed a statement of interest [text, PDF; press release] Friday urging the US District Court for the Southern District of New York [official website] to reject a class action settlement [Authors Guild backgrounder] in a copyright suit [c....... [more]
Facebook sued in California court for violating privacy rights
August 20, 2009
[JURIST] Five Facebook [social networking website] users have filed suit [complaint; case materials] in the Superior Court of California for Orange County alleging that the social networking site violated their privacy. Among the claims put forth in the suit filed Monday are that Facebook disseminat....... [more]
Iran implements controversial Internet data retention law
July 21, 2009
[JURIST] Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] has implemented a law requiring the country's Internet service providers to retain records of users' incoming and outgoing data for at least three months, according to a Monday report [text] by the state-run PressTV [m....... [more]
Greece lawmakers approve DNA database and surveillance camera law
July 17, 2009
[JURIST] The Greek Parliament [official website, in Greek] voted Wednesday to approve legislation that would create a DNA database and allow the use of surveillance cameras in fighting crime. The measure, supported by the ruling conservative New Democracy [party website, in Greek] party, would allow....... [more]
Italy court delays Google criminal defamation trial
June 23, 2009
[JURIST] The Italian trial of four Google, Inc. [corporate website] executives was delayed Tuesday until September 29 because of an ill interpreter. The four executives, product marketing manager Arvind Desikan, former CFO George Reyes, chief legal officer David Drummond, and privacy executive Peter....... [more]
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