Major advances made in Access and Privacy, says Commissioner Ann …
Canada NewsWire (press release) – Toronto,Ontario,Canada
“I have never felt as positive about the future of privacy in Ontario as I do right now,” said the Commissioner. “And there have been some very important …
Commissioner Ann Cavoukian releasing her Annual Report…
Canada NewsWire (press release) – Toronto,Ontario,Canada
TORONTO, May 20 /CNW/ – Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian is releasing her 2007 Annual Report Wednesday. She is also holding a news …
Pending law will highlight health-record privacy: Wiseman
CBC.ca – Toronto,Ontario,Canada
New rules governing health records will strengthen Newfoundland and Labrador patients’ privacy, the health minister said Tuesday. …
Civil penalties sought for data privacy breaches
The Australian – Sydney,Australia
A LANDMARK review of privacy laws is to recommend civil penalties for failure to notify the federal Privacy Commissioner of any data security breaches, …
European Data Privacy Laws Pose E-Discovery Problems
Law.com (subscription) – San Francisco,CA,USA
Clients with operations in the European Union pose a particular problem for electronic discovery because of the strict data privacy laws in most European …
Are privacy laws killing Australians?
ZDNet.com.au – Australia
Are Australia’s privacy laws slowly killing Australians by preventing medical professionals gaining access to patient information? …
‘Google Health’ launches despite privacy fears
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
“We have put in place the firmest privacy policy we can construct,” Marissa Mayer, Google vice president of search product and user experience, …
Congressmen call for a halt to one CATV firm’s Web tracking plans
BetaNews – USA
By Jacqueline Emigh, BetaNews Two founding members of the US Congressional Privacy Caucus have asked the US’ fourth largest cable provider to hold off on …
CQ’s Carey Looks At Bush Administration SCHIP Directive, Privacy …
Medical News Today (press release) – UK
In response to privacy concerns in a Senate health IT bill, Carey says sponsors of the measure reached an agreement that would ban companies from using …
Bleak prospects for privacy
NetworkWorld.com – Southborough,MA,USA
Maybe Sun CEO Scott McNealy was right when he said “You have zero privacy anyway . . . get over it” While Web surfing the other day I ran across a London …