Bahen Centre, University of Toronto 40 St. George Street, Room 1170 Keynote Presentation: The Future of Digital Identity Speaker: Dr. Stefan Brands, Credentica Other speakers: – Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario – Ron Deibert, CitizenLab The event will also be webcast live. To register for the webcast, go to: http://hosting.epresence.tv/KMDI/1/page/Home.aspx For more…
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School laptop spy case prompts Wiretap Act rethink
Nate Anderson reports: When Pennsylvania’s Lower Merion school district installed remote control anti-theft software on student laptops, it had no intention of dragging Congress into a national debate about wiretapping laws and webcams—but that’s exactly what it got (in addition to some unwanted FBI attention and a major lawsuit). The key question: should the school’s…
New EU project on privacy launched
I was sent the following press release about a new project, named PRESCIENT for Privacy and Emerging Sciences and Technologies: Emerging technologies offer significant benefits but also risks to our privacy. How to deal with these risks is the subject of a new three-year project funded by the European Commission. Called PRESCIENT, the project will…
Israel Supreme Court: Talkbackers needn’t be exposed in libel cases
Nurit Roth reports: Surfers who post comments on Web sites scored a victory in Israel’s Supreme Court last week. The vice president of the country’s highest court, Eliezer Rivlin, and Justice Edmond Levy handed down a majority ruling that Internet service providers cannot be forced to disclose the identity of anonymous posters, even at the…