Clare Mellor reports on what may indicate a trend in North America: posting suspected shoplifters’ pictures in stores and banning them — despite the fact that they have never been charged criminally. I posted a story like this from New York last month and now there’s one out of Nova Scotia: A couple of Dartmouth…
Month: July 2010
No Minister: 90% of web snoop document censored to stop ‘premature unnecessary debate’
Ben Grubb reports from Australia: The federal government has censored approximately 90 per cent of a secret document outlining its controversial plans to snoop on Australians’ web surfing, obtained under freedom of information (FoI) laws, out of fear the document could cause “premature unnecessary debate”. The government has been consulting with the internet industry over…
FAQ on the “BEST PRACTICES Act” – Part One
David Navaretta writes: Congressman Bobby Rush has introduced a new data privacy bill to Congress known as the “Building Effective Strategies to Promote Responsibility Accountability Choice Transparency Innovation Consumer Expectations and Safeguards” Act (a.k.a. “BEST PRACTICES Act” or “Act”). Congressman Rush has been active in the data security/privacy legislation space. In December of 2009, his…
Safari autofill exploit can reveal user data
Seth Rosenblatt reports: The autofill option in Apple’s Safari browser can expose personal data without the user’s consent, a security researcher reported on Wednesday. It remains unclear as to whether the problem affects Safari specifically or all WebKit-based browsers, which include Google Chrome. It’s recommended that Safari and Chrome users disable the autofill feature immediately,…