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On 25 April 2002, the President of the District Court of Amsterdam ordered XS4ALL (a Dutch Internet service provider) to take measures to deny access to a website which contained information that was harmful to the plaintiff, Deutsche Bahn AG (DB, a railway company), and furthermore, to provide the plaintiff with the names and addresses of the website-holders. The offending sections of the website contained information given by a group of left-wing activists on how to disrupt and sabotage the German railroad network that is used by DB. Among other things, they described exactly how to fabricate...

On 30 May 2002, the European Parliament voted to accept a compromise on the proposed Directive concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector. The compromise had been negotiated between the Spanish Presidency of the European Union, the European Commission and the European Parliament. The formal adoption of the proposed Directive will take place in the next few months and is expected to take effect by the end of the year. The proposed Directive aims to ensure that consumers and users obtain the same level of protection for their...

On 5 June 2002, the European Commission presented a proposal for a Directive on the re-use and commercial exploitation of public sector documents. The Commission recognises the development towards an information society in which digital content plays a predominant role. The information collected, processed and distributed by public sector bodies has considerable potential: it has great economic value from which both citizens and businesses can derive much benefit. The general principle of the proposed Directive is that where public sector bodies allow the re-use of documents that are generally...

After lengthy consultation, the new Code on Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation has now been adopted by the Federal Assembly and signed by the Russian President, Vladimir Putin. The Code will enter into force on 1 July 2002. The code deals extensively with administrative offences related to the right to seek, receive, and impart information. There are two types of administrative offences outlined in the Code: those which were in the Soviet Code of 1984 on administrative offences and those which are being included in the Code for the first time. In contrast to the Soviet Code on administrative...

On 11 April, the Consiliul National al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council - CNA) issued a communiqué dealing with the secret filming of prominent figures. It took this step after a famous Romanian TV presenter was followed by a reporter for several weeks without her knowledge or consent, and was even filmed in her own bedroom. The recordings were sold as still pictures to a magazine and broadcast on a private TV channel on 10 April. In its communiqué, the CNA ruled that the secret filming had breached the provisions of Article 2, paragraph 1 of Act no. 48/1992 on the activities of...