The POPI Technical Working Committee will meet one more time on the 28th of March 2012 before reporting back to the Portfolio Committee.
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Google has been warned against "sneaking" privacy away from citizens in a strong rebuke from European Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding as the debate around its new privacy policies rumbles on, reported Dan Worth from V3.co.uk.
Speaking to The Guardian, Reding said that the firm could not expect to get away with ignoring European data protection laws, and that the rights of citizens had to come first. "Any company which wants to utilise the European market of 500 million citizens - which we've made borderless, a golden opportunity - then the European rules apply," she said. "Citizens should have the possibility of buying into more extensive use of their data - but that should be their freedom to choose, not done by a sneaking way of taking the freedom away from the citizens". The strong stance comes as Google faces widespread criticism for the introduction of its new privacy policies, first announced in January. They were recently branded unlawful by French data protection regulators working on behalf of the pan-European Article 29 Working Party. However, Google has dismissed these criticisms. A spokesperson for the company claiming that its new policies adhere to all the necessary legislation. "We are confident that our new simple, clear and transparent privacy policy respects all European data protection laws and principles," they said. "It provides all the information required in Articles 10 & 11 of the directive, plus much additional information, and it follows the guidelines published by the Article 29 Working Party in 2004." |
AuthorFrancis Cronje is an Information Governance specialist and provides insight from a legal and governance perspective on a wide range of topics in the Information and ICT sphere, including matters pertaining to the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) / Data Protection / Privacy, Information Security and other related topics. 
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