Few Internet laws generate more opinions than the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Many companies see these regulations as expensive, unwieldy EU bureaucracy. Online privacy activists, meanwhile, say things have massively improved for consumers. Four years ago, the European Union introduced the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the toughest data … [Read more...] about Four years on, is the GDPR a pain or a forerunner in data protection?
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Police corporal charged with accepting RM16,000 to ‘close case’
SHAH ALAM: A police corporal pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here to bribery charges involving RM16,000. Azrol Khalil, 37, who was then with the Commercial Crime Investigation Division of the Gombak District Police headquarters, was charged yesterday with corruptly accepting the money from a 50-year-old man as an inducement for him to close a case being investigated … [Read more...] about Police corporal charged with accepting RM16,000 to ‘close case’
Grandaunt and mum held over abuse of two children
GEORGE TOWN: Two woman have been arrested in Air Itam after pictures of two abused children went viral. George Town OCPD Asst Comm Soffian Santong said the two women, aged 28 and 52, were the mother and grandaunt of the kids. “A police report was lodged by a local man at the Air Itam police station at 8am in relation to a Facebook post with pictures of the two children who … [Read more...] about Grandaunt and mum held over abuse of two children
Taliban impose head-to-toe coverings for women in Afghanistan
On Saturday, the Taliban announced that Afghan women must cover their face, hair and body in public. According to the Taliban, woman should ideally wear a burqa, an all-encompassing garment which leaves only the hands and feet visible with netting over the eyes for vision. The Taliban said the decree is a “recommendation,” rather than a rule, but said the male guardians of … [Read more...] about Taliban impose head-to-toe coverings for women in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Victims’ families decry glorification of suicide bombers
As she heard the news of the Taliban “honoring” families of their suicide bombers, 19-year-old Sharifa, who lost her father in a 2018 suicide attack in Kabul, burst into tears. “It’s like rubbing salt in the wound,” she said. On October 20, Sirajuddin Haqqani, the Taliban’s interim interior minister, lauded the “sacrifices” of the suicide bombers, who perpetrated … [Read more...] about Afghanistan: Victims’ families decry glorification of suicide bombers