David Fraser writes: The Federal Court of Canada has just issued a decision in Girao v. Zarek Taylor Grossman Hanrahan LLP, 2011 FC 1070 (CanLII), in which it found a law firm liable for having posted on its website a previous report of findings from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada along with a…
Category: Breaches
OK: State supreme court proposes limiting public access to personal info
Florida did it. Now Oklahoma’s considering it. Ziva Branstetter reports: Court officials are again proposing a sweeping rule to remove personal information such as dates of birth from Oklahoma criminal and civil court records, prompting concern from former Attorney General Drew Edmondson and others. The Oklahoma Supreme Court issued the proposed rule Wednesday, noting it…
Sienna Miller: I accused my own mother of leaking stories to News of the World
Yes, this is the third celebrity-related privacy news story I’m posting this morning, which may be some kind of record for a site that generally avoids celebrity news unless it raises important privacy questions. But read on, as I think this one does… Phone-hacking victim Sienna Miller accused her mother of leaking stories to the…
Autobiography of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange published despite attempts to block it
Anna Edwards reports: Despite his attempts to block an explosive autobiography, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s story has been published. […] Publishers Canongate Books decided to put the memoir on sale after Assange, who is on bail in Britain facing extradition to Sweden, attempted to cancel his contract after reading a first draft. Assange, 40, said…