The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced Wednesday that Google UK has committed a “significant breach” of the Data Protection Act through its data collection practices for its Street View maps . During the investigation, authorities found that when Google Street View cars gathered data over WiFi networks they also collected pieces of personal information [...]

Oklahoma voters on Tuesday approved State Question 755 , an amendment to the state constitution that bans the use of Islamic or international law in state court decisions. The amendment, also known as the Save Our State amendment, was approved by voters 70 percent to 30 percent . The amendment was overwhelmingly approved by the [...]

The voters of Arizona, Oklahoma and Colorado on Tuesday voted on state constitutional amendments seeking to make the individual mandate provision of the recent health care reform law unenforceable in their states. In Arizona, Proposition 106 passed 55.4 percent to 44.6 percent . The amendment purports to “preserve the freedom of Arizonans to provide for [...]

The government of Kosovo dissolved its parliament Tuesday after the coalition led by the Democratic League of Kosovo (DLK) fell to a vote of no confidence brought by the opposition. The DLK’s parliamentary majority was lost in September when its leader, then-president Fatmir Sejdiu, resigned after the Constitutional Court ruled that his dual roles as [...]

Google has filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Interior (DOI) alleging that the DOI arbitrarily decided only to allow Microsoft to compete for a contract to overhaul its e-mail system. According to the lawsuit, filed Friday in the US Court of Federal Claims , the DOI decided in August to limit bidders to [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association on whether the First Amendment permits any limits on offensive content in violent video games sold to minors, and whether a state regulation for displaying offensive, harmful images to children is invalid if it fails to satisfy the exacting “strict scrutiny” [...]

The Administrative Tribunal of Versailles on Tuesday cancelled an order refusing a residency permit to Agathe Habyarimana, widow of assasinated Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana , ordering that her application be reconsidered. The reconsideration gives Habyarimana more time to defend against extradition attempts by the Rwandan government. The court denied her residency permit in July, considering [...]

Imprisoned Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky linked the fate of Russia with the outcome of his trial in his closing statements on Tuesday in his trial for money laundering and embezzlement . Prosecutors allege that Khodorkovsky and a group of investors embezzled more than $100 million from his former company Yukos . Addressing the court, [...]

UN Special Rapporteur on racism and human rights lawyer Githu Muigai said Monday that racism is increasing as a result of xenophobic teachings and violence. Delivering two reports to the UN General Assembly, Maugai said that states must enforce internationally recognized standards and prevent discrimination. Muigai identified immigrants in particular as bearing the brunt of [...]

Yemeni prosecutors on Tuesday charged US citizen and radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki , with incitement to kill foreigners. Awlaki, a suspected member of al Qaeda who is believed to be hiding in Yemen, was charged in absentia. US officials have labeled Awlaki as a terrorist and have placed him on a list to be [...]