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…
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Comments of the World Privacy Forum regarding the proposed consent order in The Matter of Ceridian Corporation, FTC File No. 102 3160
The World Privacy Forum offers comments on the proposed consent order, In the Matter of Ceridian Corporation, FTC File No. 102 3160. The World Privacy Forum is a non-profit, nonpartisan public interest research group that focuses on consumer education as well as analysis and research of privacy issues, including issues relating to health care privacy,…
Calif. Senate rejects social network privacy bill
Associated Press reports: California senators rejected a bill Friday designed to increase privacy on social networking sites, persuaded by objections from some of the burgeoning industry’s biggest players. Sen. Ellen Corbett’s Senate Bill 242 would bar social networking websites from automatically revealing a user’s address, phone number and similar information unless there is a clear…
Does sale of SAT, ACT student questions violate privacy?
U.S. representatives Ed Markey and Joe Barton will ask the College Board, owner of the SAT college entrance exam, for details on how it collects and stores data from students as the government seeks to bolster teen privacy laws. Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, and Barton, a Republican from Texas, will request the same information from…