CPR for Tuesday, December 9, 2008
ID theft feared with new BC driver’s licencesVancouver Sun – British Columbia, CanadaAnd Canada’s privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart says she fears the cards may leave people vulnerable to similar breaches…
Privacy and Information Security news stories affecting Canada and the Fediverse.
ID theft feared with new BC driver’s licencesVancouver Sun – British Columbia, CanadaAnd Canada’s privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart says she fears the cards may leave people vulnerable to similar breaches…
Retailers must limit collection of driver’s licence information …Government of Canada Newsroom (press release) – Ottawa,ON,Canada… to see driver’s licences and are recording numbers, often in contravention of privacy laws,”…
Canada backpedals on sharing personal database with USThe Canadian Press – OTTAWAThe move follows vocal criticism from federal and provincial privacy commissioners, who warned earlier this year the scheme could…
Ont. law makes enhanced driver’s licence a valid ID at US borderCanada.com – Don Mills,Ontario,CanadaAnn Cavoukian, Ontario’s privacy commissioner, has raised concerns about duplicating citizenship information to create a new…
RCMP grill prospective recruits on bestiality, drugs, domestic …The Canadian Press – OTTAWAA newly declassified RCMP assessment of the polygraph program’s privacy implications says the force was “not doing a…
New driver’s licence design triggers privacy-risk concernsNiagara Falls Review – Niagara Falls,Ontario,Canada… such as identity theft, unauthorized identification and covert tracking and surveillance of individuals, Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian cautioned.…