EU Raises Privacy Issue for Google Street View
PC World – USA
Europe’s data protection supervisor, Peter Hustinx, urged Google Thursday to respect local privacy rules as it prepares to launch its Street View function …
Bell Canada’s packet inspection violates privacy law, group says
ZDNet – USA
In a complaint to Canada’s privacy commissioner, CIPPIC said it was concerned other large Canadian ISPs were doing the same. In a statement (PDF), …
Are Google’s Fuzzy Faces Enough to Head Off EU Privacy Concerns?
CRN – Manhasset,NY,USA
In a pre-emptive strike before it launches its Street View service in Europe and after much criticism from privacy advocates in the US, Google has been …
Facebook: Google Friend Connect violates our privacy standards
ZDNet – USA
We hope, though, that we can collectively find a model that allows users to share data while protecting the privacy of our users’ data and ensuring that the …
Health Data Systems Need a Comprehensive Privacy and Security …
Common Dreams (press release) – Portland,ME,USA
WASHINGTON, DC – May 15 – The Health Privacy Project of the Center for Democracy and Technology today released a paper urging policymakers and the private …
Facebook bans Google’s Friend Connect over privacy issues
guardian.co.uk – UK
In a post on Facebook’s Developers blog, Charlie Cheever says it’s banning Google’s Friend Connect to protect its users’ privacy — and, by the way, …
The US needs a federal privacy law
ComputerWeekly.com – UK
The US has a wealth of state and federal laws intended to protect privacy, but what it doesn’t have is a federal equivalent to the EU Data Protection …
Defending “Fixing the Internet”
InfoWorld – San Francisco,CA,USA
Here’s the most common objection: Regarding the third item in my solution, many have pointed out that it invades people’s privacy, and a few have said that …
WhitePages.com grapples with privacy in a Web 2.0 world
Computerworld – Framingham,MA,USA
As Web 2.0, social networking and a changing idea of personal privacy have come to the fore, WhitePages.com has also started to ask itself how it might …
IBM and HIPAAT Team to Give Patients Control Over Personal Health …
CNNMoney.com – USA
This commercially available patient-directed solution is a privacy-based approach to securely controlling PHI access across diverse healthcare applications …
Why web privacy is impossible
Sify – Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
If you think Web users have given up on privacy, take a look at Michael Fertik’s e-mail inbox. “I have a restraining order on my brother and he is tracking …
South Africa: New Law Gives FSB Leeway On Privacy
AllAfrica.com – Washington,USA
The Financial Services Board (FSB) will be empowered to disclose confidential information when it is in the public interest in terms of draft legislation …