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Data Protection Authority Fines Ísbúð Huppu 5 Million
The ice cream parlor Ísbúð Huppu has been fined five million ISK by the Data Protection Authority for electronic monitoring in one of its locations. According to DV, who originally published the story, complaints originated from the parent of an underage employee.…
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Icelandic Political Psychologist Downplays Cambridge Analytica Scandal
Contradicting even what Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has said about the Cambridge Analytica scandal, an Icelandic political psychologist contends that there is “nothing new” in the story of how Cambridge Analytica mined personal information to help Donald Trump become president. News of…
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Protecting Democracy by Opening City Budget
It’s barely been a month since the city of Reykjavík has implemented an open-budget policy. Halldór Auðar Svansson, of the Pirate Party, is one of the City Council members who actively pushed for the project, following in the footsteps of American and…
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At What Point Will You Demand Your Privacy?
Everyone knows social media—especially Facebook—and uses it so frequently that it reflects a big part of our lives. Deleting it is not an option anymore because, to put it drastically, you would delete a part of yourself. I kept denying the impact…
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Icelander Has No “Right To Be Forgotten”
The Data Protection Authority has ruled against an Icelander who wants to evoke his “right to be forgotten” by search engines, despite this being a part of European policy for nearly two years. Kjarninn reports that an Icelander recently filed a “right…
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Private Genomes, Public Concerns
CEO of deCODE Genetics Kári Stefánsson claims he could identify everyone in Iceland at high risk of getting cancer, but this has sparked a discussion about health care and the right to privacy. In a recent interview with GenomeWeb, Kári said that…
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Police Want Authority To Spy On Citizens
The Icelandic police want the authority to “gather information” on individuals they deem a threat to public safety; the qualifications for which span a very wide range. According to “The Police Commissioner’s Assessment Of The Risk Of Terrorism And Other Large-Scale Attacks”,…
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Google Handed Journalists’ Private Emails To The FBI
As recently disclosed and widely reported, journalist and Wikileaks spokesperson Kristinn Hrafnsson is one of the three staff members at Wikileaks, whose email communication Google handed over to the US’ FBI in March 2012, without informing those targeted until Christmas Eve 2014.…
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No More Security Camera Photos In The News
The Data Protection Authority (Persónuvernd) has announced that it is illegal for news outlets to run photos taken from security camera footage. In the announcement, Persónuvernd points out that still frames and photos taken by security cameras, usually of someone who is…
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Fined For Illegally Tapping Phone
The Icelandic government was ordered to pay a woman 300.000 ISK after Iceland’s Special Prosecutor was caught illegally tapping her phone, reports Vísir. The Icelandic government was also ordered to cover the woman’s legal costs, 550.000 ISK. In June 2011, Iceland’s Special Prosecutor…
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Joint Lawsuit Against Vodafone
An association of claimants has been founded to file a joint lawsuit against Vodafone, reports RÚV. Last year the text messages, passwords and other personal data of over 70,000 Vodafone customers were posted online after the Vodafone website was hacked. The joint lawsuit will…