Wednesday, April 30, 2008

A new place to put cameras: Lollipops!

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England, well beyond the cutting edge of surveillance, has found a new place to put cameras: in the lollipop-shaped signs used by crossing g...

Air Marshals denied boarding due to no-fly list

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I think I may need an "Ironic" tag for this one ... The Washington Times reports that it is not uncommon that Air Marshals are den...
Tuesday, April 29, 2008

If you handle personal information, you'd better know the exceptions in privacy laws

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If you handle personal information and only read one privacy law article, this one should be it: Far too often, bureaucrats, cops and others...
Monday, April 28, 2008

Blawg Review #157

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Michael Fitzgibbon was just called upon to prove his dedication to legal blogging: He put together a very interesting Blawg Review while tr...
Sunday, April 27, 2008

Radwanski's lawyer to challenge admissibility of evidence

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According to Canwest, the defence lawyer for George Radwanski is talking about having certain evidence against him excluded. See: Lawyers to...

California takes lead on DNA crime-fighting technique

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In an effort to fully exploit DNA databases, investigators in California are planning to look for partial matches from crime scenes. If a fo...

Wacky Canadians Still Believe in Privacy

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Washtington Post columnist Al Kamen has picked up on the Canadian Privacy Commissioner's response to the Secretary of Homeland Security...
Saturday, April 26, 2008

Feds to leave disclosure of data security breaches to businesses: legislative plan

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One thing that was relatively consistent in the submissions at PIPEDA's five year review was to follow in the footsteps of more than hal...
Friday, April 25, 2008

Supreme Court of Canada throws out evidence of drugs obtained by fly-by sniff

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In a decision released today, the Supreme Court of Canada has upheld a decision that excluded evidence obtained in a sweep of an Ontario sch...
Thursday, April 24, 2008

The irony of privacy enhancing technologies

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I reported last month that the Information and Privacy Commissioner has issued a report on the proposal to dramatically increase video surve...
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