Privacy Commissioner satisfied with Google’s response to her Office’s investigation into the company’s inappropriate collection of personal information from unsecured wireless networks across Canada, but plans further follow-up. OTTAWA, June 6, 2011 – An investigation that revealed Google Inc. lacked proper controls to protect personal information has led to a commitment by the company to implement…
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Most EU countries ignore law on website cookies
Jennifer Baker reports: Critics were worried that the European Union’s privacy directive on browser cookies could make virtually every website in Europe illegal. But most EU member countries ignored the May 25 deadline to implement the directive, so e-commerce didn’t skip a beat. Only Denmark, Estonia and the U.K. have taken steps to implement the…
NebuAd Deep Packet Inspection Lawsuits Sputter — Deering v. CenturyTel & Green v. Cable One
Venkat Balasubramani writes: The alleged monitoring and use of ISP subscribers’ internet activity for advertisement targeting purposes by NebuAd spawned a slew of class actions. NebuAd shut down, leaving plaintiffs to go after the individual ISPs who partnered with NebuAd. (“Turning Out The Lights: NebuAd.”) Plaintiffs have not had much luck with their claims against…
Alberta’s Privacy Commissioner seeks leave to Appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada
The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta is evidently not happy at all with a recent ruling by the Alberta Court of Appeal and wants to challenge it. According to a June 1 press release from his office: Information and Privacy Commissioner Frank Work has filed an Application for Leave to appeal…