Distant Early Warning System

“Google Confronting Spain’s ‘Right To Be Forgotten’”:

“The Spanish Data Protection Authority has ruled that freedom-of-expression rules in Spain, which cover newspapers and other publishers, don’t apply to search engines. However in earlier decisions the privacy regulator has labeled Google a “publisher” and held that libel laws that apply to newspapers equally apply to Google. These two positions would appear to directly contradict one another.”

“Google Faces $600,000 Fine In France”:

“The complainants argued that their works were appearing on line, via the Google search engine and sometimes directly on Google Video, despite their demands that such material be withdrawn.”

“Should Governments Mandate Cookie Transparency?”:

“The way to make people more concerned about their privacy is to educate them and make it their choice in how they deal with these things.”