Vancouver Olympics security cameras raise privacy concerns
CBC.ca – Toronto,Ontario,Canada
David Loukadelis, British Columbia’s privacy commissioner, said he has been assured the images from those cameras will be available only to key people. …
Bell accused of privacy invasion
CBC.ca – Toronto,Ontario,Canada
The group has called on Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart to investigate Bell as well as other ISPs that have either admitted to or are reportedly …
Deep packet inspection under assault over privacy concerns
Ars Technica – Boston,MA,USA
CIPPIC has filed an official complaint with Canada’s Privacy Commissioner, Jennifer Stoddart, asking her office to investigate Bell Canada’s use of DPI (and …
Privacy watchdog investigates Internet giants
National Post – Toronto,Ontario,Canada
OTTAWA — The Privacy Commissioner is launching an investigation into whether Canada’s telecommunications giants are breaking the law when they use …
Bell Canada Accused Of Privacy Invasion Canadian group files …
Dslreports – USA
In it, Geist notes that his Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) has filed a privacy complaint (pdf) with the Privacy Commissioner …
Bell accused of privacy invasion
CBC.ca – Toronto,Ontario,Canada
“Bell respects the privacy of our customers,” he said. “We are in compliance with our privacy obligations.” CIPPIC said Bell has not disclosed its …
Deep packet inspection under assault over privacy concerns
Ars Technica – Boston,MA,USA
CIPPIC has filed an official complaint with Canada’s Privacy Commissioner, Jennifer Stoddart, asking her office to investigate Bell Canada’s use of DPI (and …
A price on privacy
San Francisco Chronicle – CA, USA
Sheila Kuehl, D-Santa Monica, working with consumer and privacy advocates, has been pushing legislation that would prohibit phone companies from charging an …
Google fuzzes out faces in privacy push
Sydney Morning Herald – Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
In the year since the Google Maps Street View launch, Google says it has only had to respond to a handful of privacy complaints. In addition to the facial …
Google blurs the privacy issue
guardian.co.uk – UK
Google is hoping to avoid a fight with European privacy campaigners as it prepares to launch its controversial Street View service this side of the Atlantic …
UK gets hair trigger privacy penalty
Inquirer – Harrow,England,UK
Rosemary Jay, a privacy lawyer with Pinsent Masons and former legal advisor to the ICO said that, to be fair, most private firms did take data protection …
Opinion: Benefits of personal health records will eclipse privacy …
Computerworld – Framingham,MA,USA
Benjamin Wright says: Maybe patients can bolster privacy by inserting legal terms of access (like an end-user license agreement) into the content. …
CIPPIC files privacy complaint over Deep Packet Inspection
Digital Home – Toronto,Ontario,Canada
CIPPIC, a group of University Of Ottawa law students who deal with online privacy issues, last week filed a complaint with Canada’s Privacy Commissioner …
Proposed privacy rules rile small brokerage firms
InvestmentNews – New York,NY,USA
By Bruce Kelly Small and independent-contractor brokerage firms are convinced that the SEC’s proposed changes to privacy rules related to client information …
Privacy watchdog welcomes tough data laws
SC Magazine – London,UK
The Government’s privacy watchdog has welcomed the introduction of the Criminal Justice Bill, which will give it tough new powers to fine businesses that …