Enhanced licences under scrutiny
The Gazette (Montreal) – Quebec,Canada
Chibba said Ann Cavoukian, Ontario’s privacy commissioner, has balked at this approach. Cavoukian proposes that Ontario ensure its driver’s licences are …
Licence to waste money
Windsor Star – Ontario, Canada
As Ontario’s privacy commissioner Ann Cavoukian has pointed out, this unnecessary duplication could end up wasting tax dollars: “Don’t ask us to recreate …
Assessing And Managing Your Privacy and Security Risks – Part I
The Metropolitan Coporate Counsel – Mountainside,NJ,USA
Kirk J. Nahra heads the Privacy Practice at Wiley Rein LLP in Washington DC. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional, and is the Chair of the …
Is Google Violating a Privacy Law in California?
Search Engine Roundtable – USA
A New York Times blog post talks about the possibility that Google may be violating a privacy law because there is no link to Google’s privacy policy on the …
Medical ID theft can injure finances, endanger lives
Dallas Morning News – Dallas,TX,USA
•www.patientprivacy rights.org –Austin-based Patient Privacy Rights is a nonprofit organization founded in 2004 by Deborah Peel. …
PHRs: Products, Pilots and Privacy Concerns
ADVANCE – King of Prussia,PA,USA
Privacy and security is the biggest concern among patients and clinicians, Cantrell said. “That’s a key component for all of us supporting the PHR. …
Minnesota town bans Google Maps Street View – North Oaks wants privacy
TECH.BLORGE.com – Sydney,Australia
By Dave Parrack Google Maps Street View feature has always had a question mark hanging over it in terms of invasion of privacy and civil liberties, …
Google’s Home Page Could Get Them In Trouble With The Law (GOOG)
Silicon Alley Insider – New York,NY,USA
The NYT reports that Larry and Sergey’s religious dedication to keeping the page clean could be breaking a California privacy law. Why? …
Google looks like a better option for protecting e-mail privacy
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle – Rochester,NY,USA
I had heard that their privacy policy was terrible. Do you think there might be other options with better privacy? “Google maintains and processes your …
California Privacy Chief Says Google Should Improve Disclosure
New York Times Blogs – New York,NY,USA
As I wrote earlier, Google, which puts a link to its privacy policy on its “About Google” page, says it is complying with the law. …
Computer Crime Laws Chill Discovery of Customer Privacy Threats
Bay Area Indymedia – San Francisco,CA,USA
by via the EFF Friday, May 30, 2008 :Have you ever wanted to test whether an e-commerce website is keeping your data secure? The federal Computer Fraud and …
Keep your medical records out of thieves’ hands
Dallas Morning News – Dallas,TX,USA
… pharmacies and insurance companies,” said Pam Dixon, executive director of the World Privacy Forum, a nonprofit privacy-rights organization in Cardiff …
Unmarked NYPD helicopter’s keen eye worries privacy groups
San Francisco Chronicle – CA, USA
“From a privacy perspective, there’s always a concern that ‘New York’s Finest’ are spending millions of dollars to engage in peeping-tom activities,” said …