Balancing privacy & security: the new video surveillance guidelines
Lawyers Weekly – Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Ignoring the guidelines could mean facing an investigation by the privacy commissioner or even a court action over complaints from the public. …
Sask. privacy commissioner investigates found records
CBC.ca – Toronto,Ontario,Canada
For the second time in a month, boxes of doctors’ records have been turned over to Saskatchewan’s privacy commissioner for investigation. …
Editor’s Desk: Fool’s Game
SearchSecurity.com – Needham,MA,USA
Those were the words uttered last September by Jennifer Stoddart, privacy commissioner of Canada. That quote should not only be embossed in neon in the CISO …
Privacy should have its limits
Westmount Examiner – QC, Canada
The City will not be including question periods in its council meeting website audio postings because it compromises the privacy of those asking questions. …
Schwarzenegger calls for better privacy protections
KRIS-TV – Corpus Christi,TX,USA
(AP) – California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is calling on hospitals to do a better job protecting their patients’ privacy. His comments come amid …
Search firms hit by EU privacy recommendations
Computing – London,UK
The report from the Article 29 Working Party (made up of national privacy commissioners from all 27 EU member states) said that search companies should do …
Worldwide: Employment And Privacy Issues In Non-Competition Agreements
Mondaq News Alerts (subscription) – London,UK
The mobility of employees in today’s global economy, and the ease with which electronic data can be moved and copied, make it essential for employers and …
Student reports surface on additional breaches of privacy
Binghamton University Pipe Dream – NY, USA
More incidents of the administration mishandling students’ personal information have been reported just three weeks after a School of Management …
Microsoft-Yahoo: The Privacy Issue
BusinessWeek – USA
As both pairs of companies evolve to this next level of digital customer intimacy, the potential for privacy problems increases dramatically. …
Privacy Fears Threaten Satellite Program
Wall Street Journal – USA
The clash is the latest in a series of conflicts between Democrats on Capitol Hill and the administration over privacy issues stemming from intelligence and …
Ecuador: Security and Privacy Concerns on the Internet
Global Voices Online – Cambridge,MA,USA
by Milton Ramirez Ecuador has been in the headlines a lot in 2008 so far. First, torrential rains have fallen and have left much of the country under water. …
Podcast: BI and Web 2.0 and the Latest in Location Privacy Lawsuits
DirectionsMag.com – Glencoe,IL,USA
Then, we’ll pick apart the latest data capture privacy lawsuit – where a couple is suing Google over StreetView images of their house. …
Stolle’s skepticism protects privacy
The Virginian-Pilot – Norfolk,VA,USA
… many and likely would have caused some Virginia leaders to cringe if Stolle had not already anticipated the danger and carved out privacy protections. …
Google faces invasion of privacy lawsuit from Pennsylvania couple
BloggingStocks – USA
A couple in Pennsylvania who values their privacy is suing Google, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) because its Street View product is making images of their house …
DHS domestic spy satellite plan lacks privacy protections …
Raw Story – Cambridge,MA,USA
The lawmakers said they were concerned about the “privacy and civil liberties challenges” posed by the domestic satellite program. …
Ponemon Institute Announces 2008 Privacy Trust Rankings of US …
Market Wire (press release) – USA
TRAVERSE CITY, MI–(Marketwire – April 7, 2008) – In its 2008 Privacy Trust Study of the United States Government, an annual report measuring the public’s …
Celebrity Patients Need Privacy Too
HULIQ (press release) – Hickory,NC,USA
Recent privacy breaches at UCLA Medical Center have brought the issue of the privacy of patient medical records to national attention. …
Google Funny Street Views: Discreet Privacy
HULIQ (press release) – Hickory,NC,USA
However, some very funny Google Street View images have surfaced on the internet raising privacy issues. Consider for example, this image from the Chicago …