Personal Data Storage of Jehovah’s Witnesses Questioned
In four separate letters, each affecting a particular individual, the Data Protection Authority require that the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Norway reveal what personal data they store on members, what laws they comply with and whether or not the individuals in question are informed of the collection and storage of their data. Each letter is dated […]
NETHERLANDS: Jehovah’s Witnesses do everything they can to get hold of sensitive data from abuse investigations
Victims of abuse who shared their story in an investigation into abuse among Jehovah’s Witnesses at Utrecht University fear that they could be identified as the organization tries to obtain the complete investigation data. Originally published on TROUW by Rianne Oosterom en Marinde van der Breggen on 26 april 2021. The Jehovah’s Witnesses did everything in their […]
Canada: Watch Tower Sues the Province of British Columbia
On April 1, 2021, W.Glen How & Associates LLP, a Watch Tower law firm, with an address at the Canadian headquarters of Jehovah’s Witnesses, gave notice of a civil claim against “Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of British Columbia”. The Jehovah’s Witnesses claim that the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) is […]
SPAIN: Supreme Court says religions cannot keep all personal data of members who leave
Before a request for total deletion of data, a proportional judgment must be made against the right of conservation. Article previously published in Spanish on Confilegal by Irene Casanueva on March 13, 2021 A religious group has the right to keep personal data of a person who leaves the religion when it is necessary for […]
NORWAY: Data Protection Authority opening a case against Jehovah’s Witnesses
The Data Inspectorate will investigate whether Jehovah’s Witnesses store information about members’ sex lives. Originally posted on NRK.no in Norwegian on February 17, 2021 by Inger Sunde (@inger_sunde) “This case is entirely at the heart of privacy”, says director of Data Protection, Bjørn Erik Thon. “Information of a sexual nature is particularly protected by the […]
Publisher I.D. Keeping Track of Jehovah’s Witnesses
Publisher ID is a computer application designed to keep track of all the publishers (Jehovah’s Witness members) inside of their global computer system, HuB. Publisher record cards would essentially become electronic, allowing congregation elders to add them and edit them directly from within JW.org. This system is not intended for publishers to access the system. […]
What is a Letter of Introduction?
What is a Letter of Introduction? What is contained within a letter of Introduction? Why do congregation elders need Letters of Introduction? How long is a Letter of Introduction held on file? We will provide a real example of a Letter of Introduction to help all understand how much personal information congregation elders reveal about […]
What is Publisher ID?
In late 2017 the Computer Department at the World Headquarters of Jehovah’s Witnesses presented Publisher ID to senior staff of the Jehovah’s Witnesses at World Headquarters and around the world via video link. In the video you can see, among others, the faces of Patrick LaFranca of the Personnel Committee, Kenneth Flodin of the Teaching […]
NETHERLANDS: Jehovah’s Witnesses stop collecting personal data during house visits
Originally posted in Dutch on RTL Nieuws by Koen de Regt Jehovah’s Witnesses in The Netherlands have stopped collecting data regarding residents where they call at their homes. This is according to an internal letter that is in the hands of RTL News. Until last week, as much data as possible was recorded and saved […]