Civil liberties group says BC school survey violates privacy …
The Canadian Press – VANCOUVER
VANCOUVER — The BC Civil Liberties Association says a survey of provincial high school students violates the privacy rights of students. …
Blame Privacy Breach on Processes Not People
WTN News – Madison,WI,USA
March 24th marked the day of one more privacy breach of someone’s healthcare records. Nothing unusual there except one of the 3000 electronic patient …
GPS on a mobile – a major boon or a privacy invasion?
ITProPortal – London,UK
All well and good, but what about the privacy issues? How long with the cellular networks agree to keep your location private? How long before they sell …
Q&A: Chris Kelly, chief privacy officer of Facebook
Times Online – UK
We do have several of our own tools besides the privacy settings. We have systems that operate behind the scenes to detect anomalous behaviour, …
Lawmaker who deals in privacy issues is stolen laptop victim
WIS – Columbia,SC,USA
Ironically, he’s a co-chairman of a congressional caucus that focuses on protecting consumer privacy. The Texas Republican says he found out about the theft …
Lawmaker’s Health Data on Stolen Laptop
The Associated Press –
Ironically, Barton is one of the founders of the Congressional Privacy Caucus, which has as its mission the education of members of Congress and their …
Editorial: New privacy rules benefit student health and safety
Virginia Tech Collegiate Times Online Edition – Blacksburg,VA,USA
The new student privacy rules proposed by the Department of Education will provide key updates to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and expand …
Franklin Park couple says Google invaded their privacy
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review – Pittsburgh,PA,USA
By The Tribune-Review A Franklin Park couple sued Google claiming the California-based Internet search giant’s Street View application invades their privacy …
Privacy vs. security
Indiana Daily Student – USA
Specifically, the department is seeking to ease certain privacy rules, which were created as a function of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. …
Can an Eavesdropper Protect Your Privacy?
New York Times Blogs – New York,NY,USA
By Saul Hansell I wrote last month about a new crop of companies that is likely to spawn what I called “the mother of all privacy battles. …
Privacy laws force a rethink of CCTV
Convenience Store – Crawley,England,UK
The code requires operators to carry out an “impact assessment” to judge whether installing CCTV is justified, or if other “less privacy-intrusive” …