Ontario’s privacy commissioner orchestrates voice biometrics …
InterGovWorld.com – Toronto,ON,Canada
Combining encryption with voice biometrics shows promise for protecting privacy while also improving consumer services, said Ann Cavoukian, Information and …
Privacy piracy
Globe and Mail – Canada
Exactly what privacy reasons? This is pure fiction. Privacy is an easy scapegoat to hide behind. I have spoken out for years about the trend of public …
StrongMail Survey Unearths Shocking Data Privacy Abuse by UK …
IT Business Net – Newport Beach,CA,USA
Remove the extra space if one exists) The Ponemon Institute(C) is dedicated to advancing responsible information and privacy management practices in …
What Privacy Policy?
Forbes – NY,USA
A study released Monday by the privacy-focused Ponemon Institute and funded by e-mail marketing firm Strongmail reveals a disturbing disconnect in companies …
Porn, privacy and the US judge
New Statesman – London,England,UK
Any 20-year-old can tell you: There is no privacy on the Internet. So why didn’t Judge Alex Kozinski — at 57 the new chief judge of the federal appeals …
Privacy vs Convenience: What’s The Optimum Balance?
EDN.com – Newton,MA,USA
By Category Given my past published strong feelings about diminished privacy in the burgeoning online era, I admittedly surprised myself at how casually I …
Changing Internet & Privacy Erosion
GigaOm – San Francisco,CA,USA
Back in 1999, much to chagrin of privacy advocates, he quipped, “You have zero privacy anyway…Get over it.” These recent developments only give credence to …
Marketers mucking up data-privacy efforts
NetworkWorld.com – Southborough,MA,USA
By Ellen Messmer , Network World , 06/23/2008 Corporate data-privacy specialists think they’re influencing their organizations to safeguard customers’ …
How much is privacy worth?
Concord Monitor – Concord,NH,USA
When Shaw’s began its surveillance program, many Monitor letter writers expressed valid concerns about privacy and the potential for data misuse. …
Governments gather a lot of data, but state law protects your privacy
Pioneer Press – St. Paul,MN,USA
(Minnesota’s law predates the grossly inadequate federal “Privacy Act” by a few months.) The provisions of the Minnesota law eventually became a part of the …
The New Surveillance Bill: The Worst of Both Worlds
AlterNet – San Francisco,CA,USA
On fundamental matters of privacy and accountability, the new FISA Amendments Act reduces the separation of powers to a check-the-box exercise. …
Digital records imperil privacy
Baltimore Sun – United States
There’s more at stake here than patient privacy: No patient or doctor should be forced to cede authority over private medical decisions to self-interested …
Time to update the Privacy Act?
FCW.com – Falls Church,VA,USA
By Mary Mosquera Lawmakers say they might update the Privacy Act this year with a consensus proposal that could pass without controversy, or they might wait …
GAO: Senior privacy officials need authority
FCW.com – Falls Church,VA,USA
By Mary Mosquera Agencies need to delegate oversight to their senior privacy officials to ensure the government protects the personal data it collects, …
Why The ‘Third Party Doctrine’ Undermines Online Privacy Protections
Techdirt – USA
A couple of weeks ago, Kerr posted a draft paper defending the doctrine, arguing that it brings clarity and simplicity to privacy law and avoids the need …
Sweden adopts eavesdropping legislation
SC Magazine UK – London,England,UK
The bill has caused outrage among privacy campaigners who argue that it infringes civil liberties. Protesters have been standing outside the Swedish …