Privacy News

“We'll be incorporating face-blurring technology in the Australian and New Zealand versions of Street View”

Melbourne, May 13 : Google has come up with a new technology that blurs human faces in street pictures it has taken for its popular mapping service called Street View. via Australian News

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“The federal government's decision to review privacy laws to protect national security raises the issue of professional conduct around new technologies and the absence of a robust system of checks and balances to ensure that privacy is protected”

Computerworld newsletters! The Australian Computer Society has called on government to enforce rigid privacy laws on organisations which intercept employee e-mails. Under new legislation , businesses may be ... via ComputerWorld

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“Canada has privacy legislation that Bell and other ISPs must follow”

CIPPIC, a group of University Of Ottawa law students who deal with online privacy issues, last week filed a complaint with Canada's Privacy Commissioner about Bell Canada's use of Deep Packet Inspection to ... via Digital Home Canada

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“You don't take someone who's unconscious and helpless and move them out of the country over the objections of their family”

A judge has temporarily stopped a Phoenix-area hospital from sending a woman back to her native Honduras. via Tucson Region

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“Historically, Australia has had strong laws regulating interception of telephone communications”

Australia's IT industry group is calling on the federal government to adopt guidelines surrounding the use of workplace internet records. via The Sydney Morning Herald

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At Bonnier Corporation, your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy applies to all of the products, services, and websites offered by Bonnier Corporation and its subsidiaries or affiliated companies . via WaterSki

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“Hey, I'm at this great museum”

Since its beginnings, Loopt has reached out to numerous privacy groups and regulators to help spur privacy innovation and to seek guidance in the continual development of its own approach, notes Brian Knapp, ... via TechNewsWorld

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“Google has begun to scan the streets of Paris as part of its Street View service , but the company may be hindered from publishing them unedited. The reason? French privacy laws: ... In France, citizens have a "droit a l'image”

Ian Lamont writes "Google has begun to scan the streets of Paris as part of its Street View service , but the company may be hindered from publishing them unedited. via Slashdot

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“Why Clinton's arguments to carry on just don't hold water any more.”

Two of Canada's privacy commissions have issued a statement stating personal health information can be disclosed in emergency situations. via Slam Sports

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Data privacy is perhaps the biggest single challenge facing the technology industry The realisation is growing that data protection is not somebody else's responsibility. via Computing

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