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 ...
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
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 ...
CPR for Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Yahoo will purge user data after 90 days; Ups privacy ante
ZDNet - USA
In particular, Google and Yahoo have been playing a game of privacy leapfrog. There are some differences between the policies though. ...
Yahoo rolls out new data-retention policy
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Amid mounting concern from regulators and watchdogs in Washington and Europe that large Internet companies are compromising their users' privacy by keeping ...
Yahoo Limits Retention of Personal Data
New York Times - United States
Ms. Toth said she hoped that the new policy would make Yahoo more attractive with users who were concerned about privacy. “We certainly hope that taking a ...
Yahoo! mocks Google Privacy Theatre
Register - London,England,UK
Analysis The privacy gap between Yahoo! and Google is greater than you think. It's not just that Yahoo! will anonymize user search data 6 months before ...
Phorm: Opt-in or opt-out
BBC News - UK
Earlier this week, Phorm, the company whose web tracking software has so angered privacy campaigners, issued this statement to the Stock Exchange. ...
HHS announces new privacy guidelines for e-health records
CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USA
The Department of Health and Human Services this week released new privacy guidelines (PDF) for electronic health records, the use of which President-elect ...
ZDNet - USA
In particular, Google and Yahoo have been playing a game of privacy leapfrog. There are some differences between the policies though. ...
Yahoo rolls out new data-retention policy
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Amid mounting concern from regulators and watchdogs in Washington and Europe that large Internet companies are compromising their users' privacy by keeping ...
Yahoo Limits Retention of Personal Data
New York Times - United States
Ms. Toth said she hoped that the new policy would make Yahoo more attractive with users who were concerned about privacy. “We certainly hope that taking a ...
Yahoo! mocks Google Privacy Theatre
Register - London,England,UK
Analysis The privacy gap between Yahoo! and Google is greater than you think. It's not just that Yahoo! will anonymize user search data 6 months before ...
Phorm: Opt-in or opt-out
BBC News - UK
Earlier this week, Phorm, the company whose web tracking software has so angered privacy campaigners, issued this statement to the Stock Exchange. ...
HHS announces new privacy guidelines for e-health records
CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USA
The Department of Health and Human Services this week released new privacy guidelines (PDF) for electronic health records, the use of which President-elect ...
CPR for Tuesday, December 16, 2008
'Tis the season to protect your privacy, caution Canadian privacy ...
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
... share personal information, such as their name, phone number or driver's licence number," says Privacy Commissioner of Canada Jennifer Stoddart. ...
Canada source of over 9 billion spam messages a day: study
CBC.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Canada's privacy commissioner, Jennifer Stoddart, has been pushing for over a year for Canada to enact legislation to fight spam. ...
Google falls from list of most trusted companies for privacy
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
Privacy groups have long worried about Google's privacy policies --- and now it appears that consumers have followed suit. Google has dropped off the list ...
'Illegal, Unethical, Untrustworthy' Clouds
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
When word got out that medical researchers were contemplating ways to employ cloud computing, privacy rights watchdog Deborah Peel sounded an alarm. ...
Health-Care IT: 8 Privacy Principles
CRN - Manhasset,NY,USA
In a keynote address to the Nationwide Health Information Network Forum in Washington, DC, this week, Leavitt identified eight privacy principles—all of ...
Peering through PC screens for a look at the Web's future
Baltimore Sun - United States
Privacy may increasingly become passe, with so much about us online. Technology is expanding the potential for hate, bigotry and terrorism. ...
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
... share personal information, such as their name, phone number or driver's licence number," says Privacy Commissioner of Canada Jennifer Stoddart. ...
Canada source of over 9 billion spam messages a day: study
CBC.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Canada's privacy commissioner, Jennifer Stoddart, has been pushing for over a year for Canada to enact legislation to fight spam. ...
Google falls from list of most trusted companies for privacy
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
Privacy groups have long worried about Google's privacy policies --- and now it appears that consumers have followed suit. Google has dropped off the list ...
'Illegal, Unethical, Untrustworthy' Clouds
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
When word got out that medical researchers were contemplating ways to employ cloud computing, privacy rights watchdog Deborah Peel sounded an alarm. ...
Health-Care IT: 8 Privacy Principles
CRN - Manhasset,NY,USA
In a keynote address to the Nationwide Health Information Network Forum in Washington, DC, this week, Leavitt identified eight privacy principles—all of ...
Peering through PC screens for a look at the Web's future
Baltimore Sun - United States
Privacy may increasingly become passe, with so much about us online. Technology is expanding the potential for hate, bigotry and terrorism. ...
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