Tracey Tyler reports: The Ontario Court of Appeal has recognized a right to privacy in the personal information Canadians store on work-issued computers. In a 3-0 ruling Tuesday, the court said a Sudbury high school teacher charged with having nude photos of a Grade 10 student on a laptop issued by the school board had…
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Jurors’ privacy, public’s rights to know collide
Michael Tarm of The Associated Press reports: When anonymous jurors begin hearing the perjury trial of retired baseball slugger Barry Bonds this week, they can credit their privacy in part to a case involving another famous defendant, but one where the focus is on alleged political corruption rather than steroids: Illinois’ impeached former governor, Rod…
Tyler Clementi’s parents want roommate prosecuted, not severely punished
Kelly Heyboer reports: Six months after their son’s suicide, the parents of Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi said for the first time yesterday they do not want his former roommate to receive a “harsh punishment” for allegedly using a webcam to spy on the freshman’s intimate encounter with another man. But the family does want…
UK: Goldsmiths win court privacy order on hacked e-mails
Details of personal e-mails from Tory MP Zac Goldsmith’s ex-wife Sheherazade and his sister Jemima Khan should not be published, the High Court has ruled. It has emerged a woman hacked their e-mail accounts and passed details to a national newspaper journalist. The case was made subject to a “super injunction” in 2008, meaning nothing…