Loose lab documents spark probe
Canoe.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Spence said the commissioner, Ann Cavoukian, immediately contacted the lab when she learned about the possible breach of privacy. ...
921 use veto on adoption records | Canada | News | Toronto Sun
Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian fought hard to ensure that the adoption information disclosure legislation included a veto. The first law introduced by the Dalton McGuinty government did not include a ...
Plan to extend police-hacking powers gathers pace
ZDNet UK - UK
Privacy campaigner Simon Davies, director of Privacy International, called on the Home Office to reform the warrant process so remote searches of computer ...
Will 2009 mark the decline of online user privacy in the UK?
The Industry Standard - San Francisco,CA,USA
The US tends to view the UK as something akin to a sophisticated grandfather, responsible for its existence, and a relational mirror of sorts. ...
Extortion Manhunt Highlights Need for Privacy Controls
PC World - USA
Why do we need overarching privacy and security rules governing how companies deal with our most sensitive data? Well, let's consider the case of the ...
Ed. Dept. Releases New Rules on Privacy
Education Week News - Bethesda,MD,USA
The US Department of Education has released regulations for the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act that are set to take effect Jan. 8. ...
DHS office describes how it assesses privacy
Washington Technology - Washington,DC,USA
By Ben Bain The Homeland Security Department’s b office has released a policy guidance document that explains the principles the office uses to assess ...
Protecting your b online
guardian.co.uk - UK
I've come across a few news items recently re privacy issues, such as Phorm, and perhaps of more concern, the proposals suggested for government legislation ...
Face it, even on the Web we want some privacy
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
Go figure, people want a little privacy on the World Wide Web. To reach Jeneé Osterheldt, call 816-234-4380 or e-mail josterheldt@kcstar.com. ...
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Monday, January 5, 2009
CPR for Monday, January 5, 2009
Year In Review: Jumping on the cloud computing bandwagon
IT World Canada Blogs - Scarborough,Ontario,Canada
Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian released a report, in May, detailing concerns about using third-parties to host data on the Web, ...
School buses may be wired for surveillance: privacy experts warn ...
The Canadian Press - EDMONTON
But some privacy experts say the cameras don't always discourage misbehaving and represent a possible invasion of student privacy. ...
School bus rides safer
Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada
But some privacy experts argued that the cameras give people a false sense of security, and cited concerns over invasion of privacy. ...
Privacy fears over new powers for police to hack your PC
Sunday Mirror - UK
Privacy campaigners protested furiously yesterday after it was revealed police are to get new powers to hack into home computers. EU ministers want to make ...
Friended by Mom and Dad on Facebook
ABC News - USA
Some students are trying to keep their parents from joining Facebook so they maintain their privacy. Many Facebook users already know that employers, ...
A funny thing happened on the way to a birthday greeting
CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USA
But still, I value my privacy and have no intention of revealing a piece of information that is very useful to anyone wishing to do harm with it. ...
Panel proposes expanded privacy in public records
DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
Public concern heightened this year when privacy advocates complained about a land records site, IowaLandRecords.org. The Social Security numbers of ...
IT World Canada Blogs - Scarborough,Ontario,Canada
Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian released a report, in May, detailing concerns about using third-parties to host data on the Web, ...
School buses may be wired for surveillance: privacy experts warn ...
The Canadian Press - EDMONTON
But some privacy experts say the cameras don't always discourage misbehaving and represent a possible invasion of student privacy. ...
School bus rides safer
Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada
But some privacy experts argued that the cameras give people a false sense of security, and cited concerns over invasion of privacy. ...
Privacy fears over new powers for police to hack your PC
Sunday Mirror - UK
Privacy campaigners protested furiously yesterday after it was revealed police are to get new powers to hack into home computers. EU ministers want to make ...
Friended by Mom and Dad on Facebook
ABC News - USA
Some students are trying to keep their parents from joining Facebook so they maintain their privacy. Many Facebook users already know that employers, ...
A funny thing happened on the way to a birthday greeting
CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USA
But still, I value my privacy and have no intention of revealing a piece of information that is very useful to anyone wishing to do harm with it. ...
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DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
Public concern heightened this year when privacy advocates complained about a land records site, IowaLandRecords.org. The Social Security numbers of ...
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
CPR for Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Ontario privacy czar sees danger in emerging tech
As biometrics, RFID and DRM continue to permeate our society, so does the need to protect personal information. Ann Cavoukian lays out her plan in a white ...
NYMITY | Interview with Ann Cavoukian - Biometric Encryption
Interview with Ann Cavoukian. Ann Cavoukian, Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. June 2007. Subject: Biometric Encryption ...
YouTube Video - Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario Ann ...
Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario Ann Cavoukian, Ph.D. ...
Privacy warning for Alberta shoppers
iNews880.com - Edmonton,Alberta,Canada
For the hundreds of thousands of Albertans out bargain hunting and returning presents this week, the province's Information and Privacy Commissioner has a ...
Protect your privacy during holiday transactions
Keremeos Review - Keremeos,British Columbia,Canada
... phone number or driver’s licence number,” says Privacy Commissioner of Canada Jennifer Stoddart. “We want people to know that there are risks to sharing ...
Digital Privacy: What You Don't Know
ABC News - USA
By LESLIE HARRIS Now that the merriment of the holidays is almost over and all the new digital devices have been unwrapped, it's time for a digital privacy ...
Transparency vs. Privacy and Security: What's an Agency to Do?
Government Technology - Folsom,CA,USA
Illustration: Opening government and protecting privacy are initiatives that can often travel in opposite directions. "Transparency" is an up-and-coming ...
Wis. court: Nude people still have privacy rights
The Associated Press
(AP) — A state appeals court ruled Tuesday that a person who is voluntarily nude in the presence of another still has privacy rights against being secretly ...
Ga. sex offenders must hand over online passwords
The Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — Privacy advocates are questioning an aggressive Georgia law set to take effect Thursday that would require sex offenders to hand over ...
Adobe’s Flash and Apple’s Safari Fail a Privacy Test
New York Times Blogs - New York,NY,USA
So how effective are the newest batch of browser privacy tools? Kate McKinley, a researcher at iSec Partners, a San Francisco security firm, sought to find ...
As biometrics, RFID and DRM continue to permeate our society, so does the need to protect personal information. Ann Cavoukian lays out her plan in a white ...
NYMITY | Interview with Ann Cavoukian - Biometric Encryption
Interview with Ann Cavoukian. Ann Cavoukian, Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. June 2007. Subject: Biometric Encryption ...
YouTube Video - Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario Ann ...
Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario Ann Cavoukian, Ph.D. ...
Privacy warning for Alberta shoppers
iNews880.com - Edmonton,Alberta,Canada
For the hundreds of thousands of Albertans out bargain hunting and returning presents this week, the province's Information and Privacy Commissioner has a ...
Protect your privacy during holiday transactions
Keremeos Review - Keremeos,British Columbia,Canada
... phone number or driver’s licence number,” says Privacy Commissioner of Canada Jennifer Stoddart. “We want people to know that there are risks to sharing ...
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ABC News - USA
By LESLIE HARRIS Now that the merriment of the holidays is almost over and all the new digital devices have been unwrapped, it's time for a digital privacy ...
Transparency vs. Privacy and Security: What's an Agency to Do?
Government Technology - Folsom,CA,USA
Illustration: Opening government and protecting privacy are initiatives that can often travel in opposite directions. "Transparency" is an up-and-coming ...
Wis. court: Nude people still have privacy rights
The Associated Press
(AP) — A state appeals court ruled Tuesday that a person who is voluntarily nude in the presence of another still has privacy rights against being secretly ...
Ga. sex offenders must hand over online passwords
The Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — Privacy advocates are questioning an aggressive Georgia law set to take effect Thursday that would require sex offenders to hand over ...
Adobe’s Flash and Apple’s Safari Fail a Privacy Test
New York Times Blogs - New York,NY,USA
So how effective are the newest batch of browser privacy tools? Kate McKinley, a researcher at iSec Partners, a San Francisco security firm, sought to find ...
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
CPR for Tuesday, December 23, 2008
RCMP warn against fraud, theft during holidays
Pique newsmagazine - Whistler,BC,Canada
... information such as their name, phone number or driver’s licence number,” said Jennifer Stoddart, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, in a statement. ...
Privacy Policies: The Good, the Bad and the Witty
TechNewsWorld - Sherman Oaks,CA,USA
By Erika Morphy Privacy statements are all over the Web, it seems, and they're pretty much universally ignored. That's because the legal tracts that most ...
Former Cedars-Sinai employee held in identity theft, fraud
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
The allegations against James Allen Wilson, 44, of Los Angeles mark the latest in a series of privacy breaches at area hospitals, where staffers have been ...
Pique newsmagazine - Whistler,BC,Canada
... information such as their name, phone number or driver’s licence number,” said Jennifer Stoddart, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, in a statement. ...
Privacy Policies: The Good, the Bad and the Witty
TechNewsWorld - Sherman Oaks,CA,USA
By Erika Morphy Privacy statements are all over the Web, it seems, and they're pretty much universally ignored. That's because the legal tracts that most ...
Former Cedars-Sinai employee held in identity theft, fraud
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
The allegations against James Allen Wilson, 44, of Los Angeles mark the latest in a series of privacy breaches at area hospitals, where staffers have been ...
CPR for Monday, December 22, 2008
US set to expand DNA collections
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
They say DNA sampling before conviction is another example of big government trampling the privacy of individuals. The new policy would add more than 1.2 ...
Post Office Reopens Santa Program With Privacy Controls
New York Times - United States
The Postal Service abruptly shut down the national program last week because of a privacy breach and reopened it Saturday in New York with a few policy ...
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
They say DNA sampling before conviction is another example of big government trampling the privacy of individuals. The new policy would add more than 1.2 ...
Post Office Reopens Santa Program With Privacy Controls
New York Times - United States
The Postal Service abruptly shut down the national program last week because of a privacy breach and reopened it Saturday in New York with a few policy ...
The Associated Press The American Civil Liberties Union has said it plans to sue the state claiming the program violates privacy rights, costs taxpayers too much money and does ... |
Sunday, December 21, 2008
CPR for Friday, December 19, 2008
Google Street View Panned By Japanese Privacy Group
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
By Thomas Claburn A Japanese privacy group has asked Google to stop making pictures of public streets in Japan available through its Google Maps Street View ...
Yahoo Rivals Urged To Limit Personal Data Retention
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
By Paul McDougall Microsoft and Google should adopt privacy guidelines similar to those unveiled by Yahoo this week, an influential lawmaker said. ...
Data-Mining Unabated Under New Yahoo Privacy Policy
Wired News - USA
By David Kravets December 18, 2008 | 4:46:52 PMCategories: Privacy A screenshot from a Yahoo advertising powerpoint presentation highlights what Yahoo knows ...
Health IT certification group embraces PHR privacy labeling
Government Health IT - Falls Church,VA,USA
The Department of Health and Human Services earlier this week issued the framework as well as a privacy and security toolkit. The latter includes a draft ...
Student privacy rules tackle changes in technology
CR80News - Tallahassee,FL,USA
New student privacy regulations issued by the US Department of Education enable universities to use ID numbers, but not Social Security numbers, ...
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
By Thomas Claburn A Japanese privacy group has asked Google to stop making pictures of public streets in Japan available through its Google Maps Street View ...
Yahoo Rivals Urged To Limit Personal Data Retention
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
By Paul McDougall Microsoft and Google should adopt privacy guidelines similar to those unveiled by Yahoo this week, an influential lawmaker said. ...
Data-Mining Unabated Under New Yahoo Privacy Policy
Wired News - USA
By David Kravets December 18, 2008 | 4:46:52 PMCategories: Privacy A screenshot from a Yahoo advertising powerpoint presentation highlights what Yahoo knows ...
Health IT certification group embraces PHR privacy labeling
Government Health IT - Falls Church,VA,USA
The Department of Health and Human Services earlier this week issued the framework as well as a privacy and security toolkit. The latter includes a draft ...
Student privacy rules tackle changes in technology
CR80News - Tallahassee,FL,USA
New student privacy regulations issued by the US Department of Education enable universities to use ID numbers, but not Social Security numbers, ...
CPR for Thursday, December 18, 2008
Culture of surveillance creeps across Europe, despite resistance
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
The pace of adoption is slower on the Continent than it's been in Britain because of public concerns about liberty and personal privacy. ...
Protecting e-patient privacy: new government guidelines
Ars Technica - Boston,MA,USA
To that end, HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt has announced a number of key principles and a toolkit related to health IT privacy. As we noted earlier this year, ...
Yahoo outshines rivals on data privacy
Financial Times - London,England,UK
By Tim Bradshaw, Digital Media Correspondent Yahoo has stepped up pressure on Google and Microsoft’s online privacy policies after announcing that it would ...
Search engines beef up privacy policies
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
By JOSEPH TARTAKOFF Under pressure from regulators, search engines appear to be in a race to outdo each other with their privacy policies. Privacy advocates ...
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
The pace of adoption is slower on the Continent than it's been in Britain because of public concerns about liberty and personal privacy. ...
Protecting e-patient privacy: new government guidelines
Ars Technica - Boston,MA,USA
To that end, HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt has announced a number of key principles and a toolkit related to health IT privacy. As we noted earlier this year, ...
Yahoo outshines rivals on data privacy
Financial Times - London,England,UK
By Tim Bradshaw, Digital Media Correspondent Yahoo has stepped up pressure on Google and Microsoft’s online privacy policies after announcing that it would ...
Search engines beef up privacy policies
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
By JOSEPH TARTAKOFF Under pressure from regulators, search engines appear to be in a race to outdo each other with their privacy policies. Privacy advocates ...
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