Letter to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness …
Government of Canada Newsroom (press release) – Ottawa,ON,Canada
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Jennifer Stoddart, sent the following letter to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada, …
TransAlta contravenes privacy legislation
Canada.com – Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
… health service provider, Kelly, Luttmer and Associates Ltd., have been found to have contravened legislation meant to protect employees’ privacy. …
Newspaper Association: Proposed Privacy Standards Infringe On Rights
Mediapost.com – New York,NY,USA
The agency issued the guidelines late last year, several weeks after holding a two-day town hall meeting about privacy and online advertising. …
INTERNET LAW – Special Rights and Privacy under the Sweden …
IBLS INTERNET LAW (subscription) – Irvine,CA,USA
This article provides a brief description of the subscribers’ rights under the Act and the privacy rules incorporated in this Act. Sweden Electronic …
Listen in, Directors: privacy matters
ComputerWeekly.com – UK
Finally we see senior executives held to account for privacy breaches. Not so long before, senior civil servants would have been able to shrug off such an …
EDITORIAL: Privacy concerns
Las Vegas Review – Journal – Las Vegas,NV,USA
Recent news that employees of the UCLA Medical Center were nosing through the files of high-profile patients have the privacy police particularly outraged. …
Agent’s case might unveil privacy issues
Denver Post – Denver,CO,USA
By Felisa Cardona Last week’s acquittal of an immigration agent accused of improper use of a criminal database has raised concerns about privacy. …
Nelson concerned about privacy in email snooping laws
The West Australian – Perth,Western Australia,Australia
“I think the intention the government has as reported has got some merit, but I think all of us would be concerned about the privacy implications of this,” …
The Family Rights and Privacy Act: 7 Myths — and the Truth
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) – USA
… role that the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, or Ferpa, the federal statute governing the privacy of student records, played in that tragedy. …
Editorial Review: Online privacy settings should not be ignored
Daily Mississippian – Oxford,MS,USA
While messages sent between users preserve a degree of privacy, what’s posted in the open on Facebook are as freely accessible as what’s printed in The DM. …
Behavioral Ad Targeting Mostly OK – If Privacy, Security …
Marketing Vox News – USA
Most US adults are uncomfortable that some websites use information about one’s online activity to customize website content or ads – but, if site privacy …
What a librarian can teach you about privacy
Computerworld – Framingham,MA,USA
By Mark Hall April 14, 2008 (Computerworld) Librarians will go a long way to defend the privacy of their patrons’ reading habits. …
Microsoft: We’re serious about Internet safety and privacy
Ars Technica – Boston,MA,USA
The company has also created a forum for those interested in discussing security and privacy on the Internet in general. In a statement, Mundie said that …
Stolen laptop compromises privacy of NIH study subjects
American Medical News (subscription) – USA
“Always taking the utmost care in protecting privacy and confidentiality measures is not a bad idea,” she said. While it is impossible to create a security …
Hospital Zone: No Privacy
New York Times – United States
Gaining information from medical records is just one area where a patient’s privacy can be violated. Workers can be in the same room as doctors who are …
FBI data transfers raise privacy concerns
China Post – Taipei,Taiwan
Recently, three Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, including Chairman John Dingell, D-Mich., sent a letter to colleagues citing privacy …
Are Online Privacy Changes PM Rudds First Blunder?
Smart House – Australia
By Branko Miletic | Monday | 14/04/2008 During John Howards reign, the Coalition government turned each and every Australian into a tax collector thanks to …
Freedom of information must balance against an individual’s right …
Scotsman – United Kingdom
By PAUL MINTO Scotland’s Freedom of Information Act has come a long way since it was introduced in 2005. According to the recent Scottish Information …
US To Employ Overhead Spying Domestically
Slashdot – USA
Although I don’t have much of an expectation of privacy in public places, I do not have an expectation that I should be monitored in my every move and in …
IT sector presses for data privacy and security law
Manila Times – Philippines
By Ike Suarez, Correspondent Significant segments of the Philippine IT sector have taken the first step to press Congress to enact a data privacy and …
Medical privacy law is largely ignored
Contra Costa Times – Walnut Creek,CA,USA
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar WASHINGTON — When a federal medical privacy law was passed by Congress more than a decade ago, it was hailed as a new level of …
Microsoft Presents Thoughts On Online Privacy
eFluxMedia – USA
Also they want to show through example how certain privacy principles and practices are correctly put into place. “Online advertising should put consumers …
REP. SALI: US GOVERNMENT SHOULD STOP OUTSOURCING PRIVACY, SECURITY …
Manufacturing Business Technology – Oak Brook,IL,USA
Concerned that the privacy and security of Idahoans are at risk, Congressman Bill Sali this week introduced legislation to require that all key components …
Microsoft wants online ad companies to protect user privacy
TechWhack (press release) – New Delhi,Delhi,India
They are calling for a five-tiered system of standards designed to protect the online privacy of web users. These companies track the surfing habits of the …
Chancellor Block makes statement on breaches of patient privacy at …
UC Los Angeles – Los Angeles,CA,USA
On Friday, April 11, the California Department of Public Health cited the UCLA Health System for breaches of patient privacy that have been the subject of …
FCC: Verizon did not breach privacy laws
BusinessWeek – USA
By DIBYA SARKAR Federal regulators determined Friday that Verizon Communications Inc. did not violate consumer privacy laws when it tried to keep customers …
Microsoft Proposes Tiered Privacy in Online Advertising
New York Times – United States
Microsoft has proposed a tiered approach to protecting the privacy of people targeted by online advertising, saying advertisers should get permission before …
Internet users are more open to tracking when web sites adopt …
InternetRetailer.com – Chicago,IL,USA
However, that hesitation lessens if a web site adopts and advertises privacy and security policies. 59% of the 2513 adults surveyed say they are …
Microsoft not opposed to regulation of online privacy
CNET News.com – San Francisco,CA,USA
“Two years ago we were one of a handful of companies calling for a comprehensive federal privacy bill,” Frank Torres, director of consumer affairs for …
Google: A Clear & Present Danger to Corporate Data Privacy
Search Engine Watch – USA
Crawling Web site forms, though, constitutes a sea change in terms of data privacy; specifically, the privacy of corporate data. “In the past few months we …
Industry’s focus on medical privacy and HIPAA compliance limits …
Compliance Home – West Des Moines,IA,USA
(Aprl 11, 2008)– The healthcare industry’s focus on medical privacy and compliance has fostered a lack of awareness around the frequency, …
Privacy, security concerns? When colleges require your cellphone …
CrunchGear – Brooklyn,NY,USA
Check out this bureaucratic bullshit. My wonderful school, NYU, now requires students surrender their cellphone number in order to register for Fall classes …
Internet Privacy Standards (According to Google and Microsoft)
The BLT – Washington,DC,USA
Both are concerned about privacy matters and suggest ways in which the current system could be made tighter, though Microsoft stresses its support for …
Microsoft Proposes Tiered Privacy in Online Advertising
CIO – Framingham,MA,USA
By Grant Gross and Nancy Gohring Microsoft has proposed a tiered approach to protecting the privacy of people targeted by online advertising, …
Microsoft Calls On ‘Net Advertisers To Adopt Privacy Standards
InformationWeek – Manhasset,NY,USA
The company told the FTC that Internet advertising companies should adopt a five-tiered system of standards to protect consumer privacy. …
Employment And Privacy Law Developments: Racial Association Under …
Mondaq News Alerts (subscription) – London,UK
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) applies to all public and private educational institutions that receive funding from the US Department …