Copyright bill stirs debate about privacy, consumer rights
The Canadian Press –
“There are some really serious privacy issues that this legislation raises,” said Mira Sundara-Rajan, a professor of copyright law at the University of …
Drug driving
Windsor Star – Ontario, Canada
Canada’s Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart, in a submission to Parliament before the drug-driving law was passed, raised concerns about the …
Lunching with trailblazers
Financial Post – Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Ann Cavoukian, information and privacy commissioner of Ontario, was recently in Chicago at the IBM Global Innovation Outlook: Security and Society …
Senate Grapples With Web Privacy Issues
Washington Post – United States
By Peter Whoriskey Consumers worry about their Internet privacy. Politicians vow to investigate. And two of the nation’s biggest tech companies, …
Senate questions privacy impact of Web monitoring for ads
CNET News – San Francisco,CA,USA
Monitoring customers’ Web browsing to serve up targeted advertisements is coming under increased political scrutiny on privacy grounds, making the future of …
Viacom v. YouTube all about theft, not privacy
Yakima Herald-Republic – Yakima,WA,USA
It’s also pitched as YouTube as the protector of prized Internet privacy, with Viacom — and the federal judge who ruled in the corporation’s favor last …
More testimony today about passport privacy
WAND – Decatur,IL,USA
AP – July 10, 2008 3:13 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate Judiciary Committee hears more today about the privacy of passport files. …
SAI Global Acquires Online Privacy Database
MarketWatch – USA
Value-added commentary is researched and edited by privacy experts around the world and conveniently organized by country. In addition to over 70 detailed …
Senate considers advertising verses privacy
VNUNet.com – UK
The US Senate Commerce Committee is hearing the case for greater privacy protect for internet users in a review which could make or break some internet …
FTC Says No New Privacy Laws
Wall Street Journal – USA
By FAWN JOHNSON WASHINGTON — A Federal Trade Commission official said Wednesday that new privacy regulations aren’t necessary for Internet companies that …
Of Network Privacy, Neutrality, and Turtles
TMCnet – USA
A more appropriate requirement for ISPs to observe is network privacy. By properly defining bounds of what a network provider may and may not do with the …
5 Ways IT Can Avoid a Privacy Lawsuit
NetworkWorld.com – Southborough,MA,USA
In doing so, the police department violated the officer’s privacy rights as well as the rights of at least three people with whom he had communicated, …