CPR for Thursday, May 29, 2008

Do you know where your personal information is, or how it is being
Canada NewsWire (press release) – Toronto,Ontario,Canada
TORONTO, May 28 /CNW/ – The Internet is no longer just a communications network, says Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian.

Privacy boss wants a say
The Gazette (Montreal) – Quebec,Canada
Jacques Saint-Laurent, Quebec’s privacy commissioner, must feel like the Maytag repairman while he waits for a call from the Société de l’assurance

NAI-Google Tiff Clouds Real Privacy Issues
MediaPost Publications – New York,USA
There are many reasons to be concerned by Google’s privacy policy. But the fact that the company doesn’t link to it on its home page isn’t one of them.

Barr rips Bush administration on privacy issues
Atlanta Journal Constitution – GA, USA
By AARON GOULD SHEININ Bob Barr blasted the Bush administration on Wednesday for eroding the privacy of US citizens, which he called the most fundamental of

VIEW: Whatever happened to privacy?
Times of India – India
Research In Motion (RIM), a Canadian company best known for making the BlackBerry mobile phones that revolutionised the business phone, has refused to allow

Privacy concerns could hurt online ad biz-US group
Reuters – USA
The organization, Stanford Group Co, cited moves by the state legislatures in New York and Connecticut to ensure consumers’ privacy online; the Federal

Google health website raises privacy fears
New Scientist (subscription) – UK
But Bob Gellman, a privacy consultant in Washington DC, warns that if you use Gmail and Google’s search engine, and now entrust Google with your medical

Privacy tort a blow to free speech
The Australian – Sydney,Australia
Tomorrow the Australian Law Reform Commission will present the Government with a report that is expected to call for a new statutory tort of privacy.

Privacy, Online Imagery Don’t Mix
WebProNews – Lexington,KY,USA
People don’t have an expectation of privacy on a public street, but few expect a walk through the seedier side of town to become a snapshot with a

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