NFU files complaint
Star Phoenix - Saskatoon,SK,Canada
... Canadian citizens to conduct an inappropriate mailout campaign," NFU president Stewart Wells said in a letter to privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart. ...
Britain's DNA database violates privacy: court
Reuters - USA
STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - Britain violated the privacy of two people by storing their DNA profiles, Europe's human rights court ruled on Thursday, ...
UK DNA Database Violates Privacy Rights, Court Says (Update1)
Bloomberg - USA
4 (Bloomberg) -- A UK database of DNA profiles violates the right to privacy and must be modified to ensure respect for people’s private lives, the European ...
Online Comments Lead To Privacy Complaint
WPXI.com - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
From April 2003 until the end of last year, the federal government has received nearly 1500 complaints from patients in Pennsylvania, alleging privacy ...
The sacred ‘rite’ of privacy
ASU Web Devil - Tempe,AZ,USA
In this digital age of blogospheres and social networking, individual privacy is too often ignored. We thoughtlessly publicize details about ourselves, ...
'Privacy will end in 2013'
Financial Times - London,England,UK
Privacy will be available but only to those who can afford to pay for it. For most people, privacy will end in 2013, or a little beyond that. ...
Thursday, December 4, 2008
CPR for Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Privacy boss raises health data concerns
Calgary Herald - AB, Canada
Warning - Alberta's privacy commissioner said this week he is worried about potential changes to the provincial health information act that will make it ...
Privacy commissioner urged to probe Tory eavesdropping
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
OTTAWA — A public interest researcher has filed a formal complaint with Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart, charging top prime ministerial aides, ...
Security, Civil Liberties Experts Question Data-mining
PC World - USA
The US Congress should limit government data-mining efforts because some techniques don't work and many raise serious privacy concerns, two experts said ...
Google launches Street View online software in New Zealand
Telecompaper - Houten,Netherlands
Google had consulted the privacy commission and offered to blur people's faces and the users can also ask for inappropriate images to be removed, ...
Calgary Herald - AB, Canada
Warning - Alberta's privacy commissioner said this week he is worried about potential changes to the provincial health information act that will make it ...
Privacy commissioner urged to probe Tory eavesdropping
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
OTTAWA — A public interest researcher has filed a formal complaint with Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart, charging top prime ministerial aides, ...
Security, Civil Liberties Experts Question Data-mining
PC World - USA
The US Congress should limit government data-mining efforts because some techniques don't work and many raise serious privacy concerns, two experts said ...
Google launches Street View online software in New Zealand
Telecompaper - Houten,Netherlands
Google had consulted the privacy commission and offered to blur people's faces and the users can also ask for inappropriate images to be removed, ...
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
CPR for Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Retailers must limit collection of driver's licence information ...
Government of Canada Newsroom (press release) - Ottawa,ON,Canada
... to see driver's licences and are recording numbers, often in contravention of privacy laws," says the federal Privacy Commissioner, Jennifer Stoddart. ...
Privacy tsars warn against using driver's licence as ID
Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
The federal, BC and Alberta privacy commissioners issued the guidelines to remind retailers that it's not always legal to record driver's licence numbers to ...
Check but don't photocopy driver's licences, privacy watchdogs ...
CBC.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Retailers should check but not swipe or photocopy customers' drivers licences, privacy commissioners in Canada warned, noting the cards contain personal ..
Canada: Privacy Breach Notifications In The Health Sector
Mondaq News Alerts (registration) - London,UK
In March 2007, following the aforementioned Sick Kids incident, the Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ann Cavoukian, released a health order
Privacy breach alleged over Tories' mailing
Alberta Express - Calgary,Alberta,Canada
The NFU on Monday wrote to federal privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart, asking her to investigate the letters, which urge farmers to vote for candidates ...
Parking system K: privacy boss
Calgary Herald - AB, Canada
Collecting people's licence plate and credit card information through a new parking system does not break any privacy rules, the office of Alberta's ...
Privacy right extends to drugs in luggage: judge
National Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Mr. Rogers' first step is to prove that Crisby had an expectation of privacy over the contents of his luggage when he checked his bags in Fort McMurray. ...
Privacy vs. Safety: When College Students Have Mental Health Problems
Wall Street Journal Blogs - New York,NY,USA
If you feel parents should have oversight of their college-age kids, would you ask your child to sign a privacy waiver? Does it make a difference if you’re ...
Privacy Advocates Wary of Facebook Connect
Sci-Tech Today - USA
By Patricia Resende Facebook Connect is drawing scrutiny from privacy advocates, who are concerned what user information will be shared with other sites. ...
Facebook Links Social Networks With Single Sign-On
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
It is also likely to add to privacy concerns. However, the social networking site has promised more caution in terms of protecting user privacy than it has ...
Obama's attorney general pick: Good on privacy?
CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USA
Another privacy flash point in the 1990s was encryption, including whether to regulate exports, and whether the federal government should--or could--outlaw ...
Government of Canada Newsroom (press release) - Ottawa,ON,Canada
... to see driver's licences and are recording numbers, often in contravention of privacy laws," says the federal Privacy Commissioner, Jennifer Stoddart. ...
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Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
The federal, BC and Alberta privacy commissioners issued the guidelines to remind retailers that it's not always legal to record driver's licence numbers to ...
Check but don't photocopy driver's licences, privacy watchdogs ...
CBC.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Retailers should check but not swipe or photocopy customers' drivers licences, privacy commissioners in Canada warned, noting the cards contain personal ..
Canada: Privacy Breach Notifications In The Health Sector
Mondaq News Alerts (registration) - London,UK
In March 2007, following the aforementioned Sick Kids incident, the Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ann Cavoukian, released a health order
Privacy breach alleged over Tories' mailing
Alberta Express - Calgary,Alberta,Canada
The NFU on Monday wrote to federal privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart, asking her to investigate the letters, which urge farmers to vote for candidates ...
Parking system K: privacy boss
Calgary Herald - AB, Canada
Collecting people's licence plate and credit card information through a new parking system does not break any privacy rules, the office of Alberta's ...
Privacy right extends to drugs in luggage: judge
National Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Mr. Rogers' first step is to prove that Crisby had an expectation of privacy over the contents of his luggage when he checked his bags in Fort McMurray. ...
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Wall Street Journal Blogs - New York,NY,USA
If you feel parents should have oversight of their college-age kids, would you ask your child to sign a privacy waiver? Does it make a difference if you’re ...
Privacy Advocates Wary of Facebook Connect
Sci-Tech Today - USA
By Patricia Resende Facebook Connect is drawing scrutiny from privacy advocates, who are concerned what user information will be shared with other sites. ...
Facebook Links Social Networks With Single Sign-On
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
It is also likely to add to privacy concerns. However, the social networking site has promised more caution in terms of protecting user privacy than it has ...
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| CNET News |
CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USA
Another privacy flash point in the 1990s was encryption, including whether to regulate exports, and whether the federal government should--or could--outlaw ...
Monday, December 1, 2008
CPR for Monday, December 1, 2008
Canada backpedals on sharing personal database with US
The Canadian Press - OTTAWA
The move follows vocal criticism from federal and provincial privacy commissioners, who warned earlier this year the scheme could open the door to abuse of ...
You’re Leaving a Digital Trail. What About Privacy?
New York Times - United States
About 100 students at MIT are trading privacy for a smartphone that tracks their calls, messages and movements. By JOHN MARKOFF A smartphone experiment at ...
Surveillance concerns those who monitor privacy
Longmont Daily Times-Call - Longmont,CO,USA
... many people who increasingly see the installation of cameras in our society as Big Brother government intruding on their lives and privacy. ...
Police setting up database on gangs
Boston Globe - United States
The system will organize information that police already gather, muting issues of privacy, said one local law professor. "If it's a violent gang, ...
Privacy Compliance 101: Why Massachusetts Data Security Standards ...
CIO - Framingham,MA,USA
Cynthia Larose is a member in Mintz Levin's Boston office and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP). She heads the firm's Privacy and ...
Let's Move Intelligence Out of the 1970s
Wall Street Journal - USA
The broader question is whether there's a privacy-protecting alternative to law-enforcement officials' bickering over how to fit today's technology needs ...
Michael Lewis on Wall Street's Need for Privacy
Motley Fool - USA
By Mac Greer So when did it first start to go wrong for one-time Wall Street powerhouses like Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER), ...
Facebook Aims to Extend Its Reach Across the Web
New York Times - United States
But having been burned by privacy concerns in the last year, it plans to keep close tabs on those outings. Eric Risberg/Associated Press Mark Zuckerberg, ...
Facebook Connect – Great Feature or Another Privacy Nightmare?
Marketing Pilgrim - Raleigh,NC,USA
Amid concerns over privacy – many sites are on tap to add this functionality to their own platforms – soon you will be able to see your Facebook friends on ...
The Canadian Press - OTTAWA
The move follows vocal criticism from federal and provincial privacy commissioners, who warned earlier this year the scheme could open the door to abuse of ...
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| New York Times |
New York Times - United States
About 100 students at MIT are trading privacy for a smartphone that tracks their calls, messages and movements. By JOHN MARKOFF A smartphone experiment at ...
Surveillance concerns those who monitor privacy
Longmont Daily Times-Call - Longmont,CO,USA
... many people who increasingly see the installation of cameras in our society as Big Brother government intruding on their lives and privacy. ...
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| Boston Globe |
Boston Globe - United States
The system will organize information that police already gather, muting issues of privacy, said one local law professor. "If it's a violent gang, ...
Privacy Compliance 101: Why Massachusetts Data Security Standards ...
CIO - Framingham,MA,USA
Cynthia Larose is a member in Mintz Levin's Boston office and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP). She heads the firm's Privacy and ...
Let's Move Intelligence Out of the 1970s
Wall Street Journal - USA
The broader question is whether there's a privacy-protecting alternative to law-enforcement officials' bickering over how to fit today's technology needs ...
Michael Lewis on Wall Street's Need for Privacy
Motley Fool - USA
By Mac Greer So when did it first start to go wrong for one-time Wall Street powerhouses like Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER), ...
Facebook Aims to Extend Its Reach Across the Web
New York Times - United States
But having been burned by privacy concerns in the last year, it plans to keep close tabs on those outings. Eric Risberg/Associated Press Mark Zuckerberg, ...
Facebook Connect – Great Feature or Another Privacy Nightmare?
Marketing Pilgrim - Raleigh,NC,USA
Amid concerns over privacy – many sites are on tap to add this functionality to their own platforms – soon you will be able to see your Facebook friends on ...
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