Privacy used as a cover
Toronto Star – Ontario, Canada
Politicians and other public officials are often quick to say that “privacy laws” prevent them from releasing information. Sometimes their silence is …
Good year for privacy, Ontario commissioner says
Globe and Mail – Canada
TORONTO ― A number of new technologies, as well as important rulings by Ontario courts, have improved the privacy of people in Ontario in 2007 according to …
Liability and privacy: Key to Web 2.0 services
ZDNet UK – UK
Former Australian privacy commissioner Malcolm Crompton says governments are not doing enough to attract citizens to use their online services due to an …
Google questioned over privacy practices
Reuters – USA
Privacy advocates have expressed concern that a wave of consolidation in online advertising would lead to a concentration of personal information in the …
House Republican Probes Google About DoubleClick Merger
CNNMoney.com – USA
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- A senior House Republican is asking Google Inc. ( GOOG) for detailed information about its privacy practices as they relate to the …
Privacy rules for a Web 2.0 world
ZDNet.com.au – Australia
Former privacy commissioner Malcolm Crompton says governments are not doing enough to attract citizens to use their online services due to an overly …
Irish data breaches spawn privacy forum
Siliconrepublic.com – Dublin,Ireland
The Privacy Forum will work in conjunction with the Data Protection Commissioner’s office by complementing it with its own training programmes. …
Google Founders in Web Privacy Warning
This Day (subscription) – Apapa,Lagos,Nigeria
“That’s the thing that drives the issue” of online privacy concerns, he argued. Asked about companies that take users’ search and browsing histories and …
Lawmaker questions Google over privacy practices
Reuters – USA
O: Quote, Profile, Research) chief executive Eric Schmidt on Wednesday to detail the search engine’s privacy practices since it acquired rival DoubleClick. …
Google defends privacy policy after Google Health launch
Secure Computing – Australia
Google has defended its privacy policy following the launch of a service which offers to manage users’ medical information online. …
Retailers fingerprint plans prompt privacy concerns
Computing – London,UK
The use of fingerprint recognition technology to monitor retail staff working hours has serious privacy implications, say experts. …