PIPEDA Case Summary #2008-398 The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada received complaints one year apart from two individuals who claimed that telemarketing agents from a particular bank had collected their personal information for a credit card application without consent. One of the complainants alleged that the bank had disclosed her personal information to…
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New BT Outreach: From IAB’s ‘Creepy’ Campaign To Logo Trials
Wendy Davis reports: With the looming threat of new regulations, industry groups are stepping up attempts to convince officials that ad companies can protect Web users’ privacy without government intervention.This week, the Interactive Advertising Bureau launched the “Advertising is creepy” campaign, aimed at educating consumers about online ad targeting. Additionally, the industry-funded think tank Future…
UK ICO is looking at Lost Laptop
Can a service to help reunite people with their lost laptops run afoul of UK data protection laws? It seems that it might…. David Neal reports: <blockquote>As you might have discerned, there is something about Lost Laptop, the company that puts itself in between misplaced notebooks and their owners, that we just can’t let…
CDT makes it easier to file privacy complaints
As part of its new “Take Back Your Privacy” privacy initiative, CDT has launched a Privacy Complaint Tool to facilitate consumers filing complaints with the Federal Trade Commission about web sites or products or services that they believe are violating privacy. CDT’s Privacy Complaint Tool makes it easy for you to file a consumer privacy…