A blow to personal privacy
Toronto Star – Ontario, Canada
The Toronto Star is right to be concerned about the “potential for privacy abuses” in the proposal to take DNA samples from everyone charged with a crime. …
Privacy Commissioner visits Cypress Health Region
Prairie Post South Saskatchewan – Swift Current,Saskatchewan,Canada
It’s important that health care providers know procedures and the public knows its rights when it comes to privacy in the health care industry, …
Privacy important when it comes to patient health records
Southwest Booster – Swift Current,Saskatchewan,Canada
Saskatchewan’s Information and Privacy Commissioner is hoping all necessary steps can be taken to reassure provincial residents their personal healthcare …
Online privacy a concern for EU citizens
EurActiv – Brussels,Belgium
EU citizens believe data transmission over the Internet is not sufficiently secure and are increasingly using technology to protect their privacy online, …
Blockbuster Sued Over Facebook Beacon Advertising
PC World – USA
Blockbuster is being sued over its partnership with Facebook and its Beacon marketing program which a Texas woman says violated her rights to privacy. …
Phorm answers critics at ‘town-hall’ meeting
ComputerWeekly.com – UK
Critics say this is an invasion of their privacy, and that use of the technology may break several laws. Critics, led by Cambridge University’s Richard …
Blockbuster sued for privacy violation related to Facebook Beacon …
TechWhack (press release) – New Delhi,Delhi,India
Cathryn Elaine Harris, of Dallas County, Texas has filed a privacy violation lawsuit against video rental company Blockbuster. …
New Kennedy Airport scanner sees under clothing
Newsday – Long Island,NY,USA
Faces are automatically blurred to ensure privacy and images are never saved – even if a weapon is detected, Uselding said. A single machine was installed …
Google knows users better than they think
Daily Trojan Online – Los Angeles,CA,USA
For years, the Internet monolith that is Google has been attacked by privacy advocates for its lax privacy policies. Early on, Google purposefully assigned …
Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
But it has raised questions by privacy and civil rights advocates, who say the screening process is extraordinarily invasive and amounts to a virtual strip …
UPDATE: Blockbuster Sued For Using Facebook Ad Program
CNNMoney.com – USA
In the lawsuit, filed in US District Court in Texas , Blockbuster violated the Federal Videotape Privacy Protection Act by sharing Harris’ information with …
Another Privacy Alarm on Health Records
U.S. News & World Report – Washington,DC,USA
Another article has echoed concerns that new, online services that store patient records present serious privacy questions. Calling them “patient-controlled …
Google, AOL execs: Opting out of targeted ads OK by us
CNET News.com – San Francisco,CA,USA
WASHINGTON–As advocacy groups bristle at online advertisers’ increasingly sophisticated ta
rgeting techniques, top privacy lawyers at Google and AOL on …
Real Time Crime Center: Safety Measure or Invasion of Privacy?
Eyewitness News Memphis – TN, USA
Some wonder if it will cross the line into invasion of privacy. “I can see why someone might compare it to Big Brother because you got a high-tech …
Privacy Advocates: Consumer Education Isn’t Enough
PC World – USA
The efforts of e-commerce sites and online advertisers to educate US consumers about privacy and targeted advertising aren’t enough because many consumers …
UK advertising-tech fight shows complexity of privacy battle
The Associated Press –
Phorm even won approval from a noted privacy activist. And in the meantime, NebuAd Inc., a company with a similar technology, started working in the US …
Privacy becoming more elusive for Americans
Christian Science Monitor – Boston,MA,USA
By Alexandra Marks | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor New York – Individuals might treasure their personal data like Social Security and …
Health Care Records Are Going Online. Can Privacy Be Maintained?
ABC News – USA
Health information and communications technologies (HIT) will play a vital role in the creation of a 21st century health care system that is safe, …