Privacy commissioner raps Home Depot
Canada.com – Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
EDMONTON – Alberta’s privacy commissioner has ordered Home Depot Canada to stop collecting driver’s licence information and storing it on its American …
The Week Ahead in Parliament
Hill Times – Ottawa,Ontario,Canada (subscription)
Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart and University of Ottawa law professor Michael Geist to appear before the House Justice Committee studying Bill C-27, …
Do men need privacy in public? By Peter Duffy
ChronicleHerald.ca – Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada
By Peter Duffy ANOTHER MIXED BAG for you today, including the issue of male privacy, fried bread and a medical update. Remember my story on how some metro …
Clarifying Telus’s privacy commitment no easy job
Vancouver Sun – British Columbia, Canada
The brochure was entitled Our Privacy Commitment to You, and she wondered what Telus meant by “privacy.” “I began reading,” Gunn said, “and it started out …
Privacy issues plague e-commerce in VN
VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi,Vietnam
VietNamNet Bridge – Privacy issues regarding e-commerce continue to negatively impact businesses and customers, according to experts in HCMC last week. …
Disclose data collection practices via privacy policies
TechRepublic – Louisville,KY,USA
Since Web site visitors are (understandably) wary of providing personal data, a common practice for Internet sites is to provide a privacy policy. …
Google scheme aims to allay privacy fears
PrecisionMarketing – London,England,UK
Google is attempting to dispel consumer fears over privacy issues in the wake of its DoubleClick acquisition with the launch of a one-stop Privacy Centre. …
A guide to privacy controls in Facebook
Computerworld – Framingham,MA,USA
Some of the growing pains incurred at Facebook revolve around privacy and security. Facebook says it respects its members and believes they should have full …
The Rising Price of Privacy
EContent (press release) – Wilton,CT,USA
At the same time the FTC approved a merger of Google with ad network and services provider DoubleClick, it also lobbed the issue of privacy back over the …
Act changes to protect privacy
The Daily Collegian Online – University Park,PA,USA
By Elizabeth Murphy In the interest of health and safety to students, changes have been proposed for the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) …