Norway's data protection agency (Datatilsynet) has ordered the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) to stop collecting data on students' Internet behavior to identify those that are violating copyright laws, reports Out-Law.com. Datatilsynet said the practice is a "disproportionate disadvantage" to student privacy rights because it involves "extensive handling of privacy information," the report states. Copyright holders contacted NTNU with concerns that some of the school's students were participating in illegal file-sharing. NTNU was using the information to pass along warning letters to infringers, but Datatilsynet has suggested that the school use other means to deter illegal sharing.
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