Canadian News
Schools on the lookout for violation of privacy with use of camera …
The Canadian Press – CALGARY
The seizure of a camera phone was the subject matter of a ruling by Alberta’s Information and Privacy Commissioner released Tuesday. …
World/Internet News
House kills medical privacy bill
New Hampshire Business Review – Manchester,NH,USA
The New Hampshire House narrowly defeated a bill that would have required additional privacy restrictions on electronic medical records, which hospitals …
Justice Department audit to outline privacy abuses, steps to …
Action 3 News – Omaha,NE,USA
The report notes that the agency has taken steps since then to prevent future privacy abuses. The long-anticipated audit is being released today. …
The Privacy Debate Beyond Google/DoubleClick
InternetNews.com – USA
Consumer watchdog groups failed to impose privacy safeguards on the latest merger; next up Microsoft/Yahoo and beyond. By Kenneth Corbin: More stories by …
House rejects plea for medical privacy
Nashua Telegraph – Nashua,NH,USA
The House of Representatives has a long history of embracing privacy initiatives, and this plan had bipartisan supporters. But a move to pass it failed, …
Audit to Cite FBI Privacy Abuses
The Associated Press –
The long-anticipated audit, to be released Thursday, is expected to show a fourth consecutive year of privacy breaches by FBI agents using so-called …
Internet new battlefield for citizens’ right to privacy
Inquirer.net – Philippines
Puno pointed out that the advent of the Internet had provided “a new field of battle” in the right to privacy, saying that it may deprive individuals of the …
Random tests ‘breach bodily privacy‘
Stuff.co.nz – New Zealand
In the Supreme Court at Wellington today, Cropp’s lawyer Alan Ivory argued that random drug tests breached a fundamental right to bodily privacy and …
Privacy Violations
Slashdot – USA
kwietman writes “The FBI admitted that in 2006, for the fourth straight year, they improperly accessed phone and internet records of US citizens. …
Protect privacy rights
The Coloradoan – Fort Collins,CO,USA
I, myself, am alarmed at the continuing erosion of my privacy rights as an American citizen. I am outraged that the law was being broken without any penalty …
United States: SEC Proposes Expansion Of Privacy Regulation
Mondaq News Alerts (subscription) – London,UK
… and disposal of confidential information have not kept pace with bank and other regulators’ detailed programs for information privacy and data security. …
Legislators try to trim privacy at Statehouse
DesMoinesRegister.com – Des Moines,IA,USA
By LEE ROOD • REGISTER STAFF WRITER • March 12, 2008 A small number of state legislators are pushing colleagues to open up historically private caucus …
David Brin Rebuts Schneier In Defense of a Transparent Society
Wired News – USA
Author David Brin asserts that a transparent, generally open society is actually more privacy-friendly than a secretive, closed system. …
Q&A: Howard Schmidt talks about privacy, Chinese hackers and …
Computerworld – Framingham,MA,USA
In an interview with Computerworld, Schmidt talked about running background checks on IT workers, balancing privacy and security, and passports with RFID …
New health privacy project is launched
Government Health IT – Falls Church,VA,USA
By Nancy Ferris Two respected nonprofit organizations have joined forces in an attempt to resolve the difficult privacy issues associated with health …