Canadian cybercrime inaction called an embarrassment
Vancouver Sun – British Columbia, Canada
Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart said that Canada is developing a reputation for being soft on cybercrime. “I think it is an embarrassment for a …
Global Network Initiative to Protect Online Privacy
mediacaster – Toronto,Canada
The new Global Network Initiative (GNI), created to combat online censorship and protect user privacy on the Internet, is inviting the public to participate …
Digital Reading, Subpoenas, and Privacy
O’Reilly Radar – Sebastopol,CA,USA
This newfound sense of privacy, sweeping through Europe, helped unleash a river of heretical criticism and speculation that was catalyst for the Western …
Deciphering a bank’s privacy policy
InfoWorld – San Francisco,CA,USA
Chris wrote with some concerns about his bank’s privacy policy. “I recently received the yearly privacy policy from my bank, Sovereign Bank,” he explains. …
ICO launches new privacy report
VNUNet.com – UK
Data privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) today published a new report designed to give firms advice on how to design privacy into …
Privacy tips for online shoppers
San Francisco Chronicle – CA, USA
People who shop online share lots of information about themselves, even when they’re not buying anything, said Jules Polonetsky, the former chief privacy …
Friendly Sharing of Flickr Photos
New York Times – United States
A. To help protect the privacy of its members, Flickr puts a transparent image file over the pictures to discourage casual drive-by downloading. …
China’s virtual vigilantes: Civic action or cyber mobs?
Christian Science Monitor – Boston,MA,USA
Others say it simply allows a mob of vigilantes to publicly vilify and humiliate anyone they choose to pick on through grotesque invasions of privacy. …