Fight US disclosure order, Ont. privacy advocate tells Google
CBC.ca – Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Ann Cavoukian said the ruling was “particulary disturbing from a privacy perspective” in a letter she sent Tuesday to Sergey Brin, Google’s president of …
Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian urges Google to appeal YouTube …
Canada NewsWire (press release) – Toronto,Ontario,Canada
TORONTO, July 10 /CNW/ – Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian is urging Google to appeal the recent ruling of US District Court Judge …
Canadian Urges Google To Champion Privacy Rights
MediaPost Publications – New York,USA
by Wendy Davis, Friday, Jul 11, 2008 7:00 AM ET A Canadian privacy official has asked Google to appeal an order requiring it to disclose records about …
Ontario privacy commissioner backs Google in Viacom suit
Ottawa Citizen – Ontario, Canada
Ms. Cavoukian yesterday sent a letter to Google boss Sergey Brin as well as the company’s privacy chief urging them to appeal the decision. …
Privacy watchdog: Gov’t ignoring data-sharing hazards
ZDNet UK – UK
In pursuing its ‘transformational government’ agenda of greater data sharing, the government has not fully considered the implications for privacy, …
Ways consumers can safeguard personal data on Web
The Associated Press –
NEW YORK (AP) — Your privacy protections may disappear with a court order or subpoena, but there are steps that privacy activists suggest you take to reduce …
Privacy protections disappear with a judge’s order
The Associated Press –
It’s a scenario privacy activists have long warned about. “What we’re seeing is (that) the theoretical is becoming real world,” said Lauren Weinstein, …
Electronic Records Bill To Include Strong Privacy Protections
CNNMoney.com – USA
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Lawmakers crafting a bill to put peoples’ health records in an electronic format will include privacy protections that they hope …
YouTube case opens can of worms on online privacy
Irish Times – Dublin,Ireland
Already, the company has had to change some procedures to accommodate EU data privacy regulations. While Google’s public face in the Viacom suit is one of …
Viacom Promises to Respect Privacy of YouTube Users
Teleclick.ca – Victoria,BC,Canada
Viacom is attempting to calm the concerns of privacy advocates upset by a recent court order that Google Inc. must provide the American media conglomerate …
Privacy and the red pill
NetworkWorld.com – Southborough,MA,USA
In the column prior to last week and the one before that I discussed the dubious world of debt collecting and how your privacy is more or less completely …