Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Blocked! By the Great Firewall of China

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I don't know if I should be offended or flattered that this blog is blocked by the Great Firewall of China. Check out the status of you...
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Alberta Commissioner Order about journalistic collection and disclosure of personal information

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The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta just released a new Order in which the he determined he did not have jurisidction becaus...
Monday, February 26, 2007

Prison time under UK Data Protection Act?

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DP Thinker is reporting on his blog that the UK Government intends to add prison time to the penalties available for misuse of personal info...

New findings from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

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A bunch of new findings have been released on the Privacy Commissioner's website recently: Commissioner's Findings - Privacy Commiss...
Saturday, February 24, 2007

Commissioner pressured bank to go public on data loss

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It has been suggested that the only reason why CIBC went public in announcing that Talvest Mutual Funds' files went missing is because o...

RCMP seeks easier access to personal information

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The Parliamentary Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics continues its five year review of PIPEDA , most recently hearing f...
Wednesday, February 21, 2007

T.J. Maxx probe finds broader hacking

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This isn't good: T.J. Maxx probe finds broader hacking | Tech News on ZDNet The TJX Companies, the discount retailer best known for i...
Sunday, February 18, 2007

Kids, the Internet, and the End of Privacy: The Greatest Generation Gap Since Rock and Roll

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Last night, I went to a party for a colleague celebrating her 36th birthday. The theme was pretty clever: to celebrate the tewentieth anniv...
Saturday, February 17, 2007

Mining drivers' licence databases raises privacy concerns

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Yesterday's New York Times ran an interesting article on the increasing application of biometrics to drivers' licenses in the United...
Friday, February 16, 2007

US Federal Court limits police surveillance of protests

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A federal court judge in New York has delivered a strong rejection the practice of routine law enforcement video taping of protests unless t...