New DP blog
Another useful discovery - DP Thinker - Pangloss isn't sure to whom we owe the pleasure though. Of course it's clearly a matter of privacy :-) but anyone want to own up?

Lisbon Treaty We Salute You
I almost thought I would never live to see the day but yes the Lisbon Treaty has cleared its final hurdle and will become European law possibly in December 2009.It's all rather a damp squib for a UK privacy lawyer though. (Even one who is healthily sceptical that the Tories can get us out of this one, even when they do get in.) Pangloss's main interest was in wondering if the EU Charter's explicit addition of a right to protection of personal data as well as the well known right to respect for private life (cf Art 8, ECHR) might make a difference and if so, in what way. However for we delicate flowers of the UK a

Death, assets and virtual worlds
I'm briefly quoted in this timely article in the New York Times on virtual assets and what to do with them after death.

TalkTalk vs Mandy??
Two days ago Pangloss, commenting on Mandelson's newly elaborated plans to introduce a UK "3 Strikes", added;Interesting thought from Twitter: "if my business was cut off for allegedly downloading illegally I'd be looking for someone to sue". Will any legislation have an immunity in it for ISPs a la the US DMCA? If not, start lobbying NOW, ISPs.."This thought (which turns out to have originated from the helpful @futureidentity, aka Robin Wliton) seems to have occurred fairly swiftly to others too... According to the Grauniad, today:

Google Street View
Just discovered this wonderful Pixar-esque video of how Google Street View protects privacy. If only life was really like this!!