Private access law meeting raises ire
Ottawa Citizen – Ontario, Canada
Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart will speak to a similar workshop in the Rideau Club on a separate day. That session is being organized by the Public …
Web Registrar Changing Privacy Rules
mediacaster – Toronto,Canada
New privacy policies concerning the identity of website owners will be adopted next month, significantly changing the way domain address owners can be …
Move to protect Canadians’ privacy on Net irritates police …
The Canadian Press – VANCOUVER
VANCOUVER — Sweeping changes to Canada’s home on the World Wide Web will put the country on the vanguard of Internet privacy. But while law enforcement …
Anti-piracy strategy will undermine privacy, critic says
Globe and Mail – Canada
Many privacy and consumer advocates fear the new rules will be unfairly restrictive and favour the movie, television and music industries over individuals. …
Ottawa urged to share database
Toronto Star – Ontario, Canada
Information and Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian speaks to reporters at a news conference after releasing her annual report May 21, 2008. …
Privacy Forum launched in Ireland
Trade Channels – Dublin,Ireland
Trade News | 26 May 2008 : The Irish Computer Society (ICS) has set up the ICS Privacy Forum, an independent group focused on data protection and related …
Facebook, Google in Stalemate over Social Data
Techtree.com – Mumbai,India
But no sooner did they introduce the new features than Facebook suspended ‘Friend Connect’ citing privacy policies as reason. …
Revisiting Semantic Web’s Pros and Cons
InternetNews.com – USA
The second, which is more concerned with the social impact of technology, counters that this would result in a massive invasion of privacy and that it will …
Eroding privacy does not provide security
The Herald – Glasgow,Scotland,UK
But eroding the privacy of every citizen does not enhance our security; and placing 60 million people under permanent surveillance to deal with isolated …
German Privacy Specialists Warn of Social Network Dangers
Deutsche Welle – Germany
German privacy specialists are concerned about the practices of online social networks and recommend against revealing too much about yourself. …
The Complete Guide to Internet Privacy
Mother Earth News – Topeka,KS,USA
The technologies, like the pathways of commerce, are new, and for the time being there are few laws regulating your online security and privacy. …
Phone Companies That Allowed Wiretaps Shouldn’t Get Immunity
PC World – USA
To be sure, this is a thorny issue that pits concerns over civil liberties and privacy against national security and government secrecy. …
A Victory for Privacy: California Senate Rejects Bill to Allow …
California Progress Report – Oakland,CA,USA
The Consumer Federation of California opposed SB 1096 (Calderon) because it raised significant privacy and health care concerns for patients. …
HIPAA Revisited, Part 1: Privacy vs. Portability
TechNewsWorld – Sherman Oaks,CA,USA
Responding to heightened concerns about the privacy of individuals’ medical and healthcare information, the federal government in 1996 introduced HIPAA, …
Facebook battles Google over access to user data
Register – London,England,UK
Facebook, though, has claimed that the Google service violates user privacy and its own terms and conditions and has suspended access to the service, …
• Another view
Waterloo Record – Waterloo,Ontario,Canada
But Ontario Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian has issued a welcome reminder that such claims should never be accepted at face value. In her annual report, …
Good year for privacy, Ontario commissioner says
Globe and Mail – Canada
For the first time ever, Commissioner Ann Cavoukian used her power in September of 2007 to order the city of Ottawa and the Ottawa police to stop collecting …
Ont. privacy czar worried about high-tech licences
CTV.ca – Canada
Ann Cavoukian is raising concerns because the federal government is not willing to make citizenship information available to the provinces that are creating …
Ottawa urged to share citizenship info with provinces for high …
The Canadian Press – TORONTO
… provinces to build their own extensive databases from scratch, which will waste money and create a “magnet” for identity thieves, said Ann Cavoukian. …
Sharing citizenship data a ‘no brainer,’ Ottawa told
Canada.com – Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
Privacy commissioner Ann Cavoukian said Ottawa has not given a reason why its citizenship information cannot be shared. “Don’t ask us to re-create this …
Secure ID program at border risks privacy loss, high spending …
Niagara Falls Review – Niagara Falls,Ontario,Canada
“Don’t ask us to recreate this information,” Ann Cavoukian said in her annual report released Wednesday. “It would pose enormous risks in terms of …
Ottawa urged to share database
Toronto Star – Ontario, Canada
Information and Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian speaks to reporters at a news conference after releasing her annual report May 21, 2008. …
Ontario’s privacy czar frustrated by lack of progress on EHR
InterGovWorld.com – Toronto,ON,Canada
In her annual report for 2007 released Wednesday, Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian urged the province to make a privacy-protective …
Process for encrypting drivers licences with citizenship data must …
Niagara Falls Review – Niagara Falls,Ontario,Canada
“Don’t ask us to recreate this information,” Ann Cavoukian said in her annual report, released Wednesday. “It would pose enormous risks in terms of …
Singing praises of privacy
Toronto Sun – Ontario, Canada
By JONATHAN JENKINS, QUEEN’S PARK BUREAU Ann Cavoukian has information she just can’t keep private. “I am so happy to tell you that
2007 was a very good …
Google, Facebook in stalemate over social data
The Associated Press –
Facebook quickly objected, citing privacy concerns. Normally dealing with other companies one on one, Facebook can block a service it feels violates its …
Genetic Protections Don’t Include Privacy, Says Gene Tester
Wired News – USA
Right now, our company, QTrait, is addressing these issues by guaranteeing our clients genetic privacy. We feel the only way to ensure that genetic data is …