January 28, 2010 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Student Union Building 6136 University Avenue McInnes Room, 2nd floor Dalhousie is proud to announce that we will be hosting Data Protection Day 2010 on January 28, on our main campus. In response to enthusiastic feedback on our recent event, we have extended our program. We will…
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UK: Businessman is arrested in front of wife and son… for ‘anti-gipsy’ email that he didn’t even write
James Millbank reports: A wealthy businessman was arrested at home in front of his wife and young son over an email which council officials deemed ‘offensive’ to gipsies – but which he had not even written. The email, concerning a planning appeal by a gipsy, included the phrase: ‘It’s the ‘do as you likey’ attitude…
Ca: Privacy boss pans scans
Michael Platt reports on Alberta Privacy Commissioner Frank Work’s comments on airport body scanners and where the technology is going. There are some great quotes in the article: “The system is still prone to failure, so let’s say the next guy packs his ass with however many grams of (plastic explosive) he can shove up…
FL: Policeman Demands Names of Anonymous Commenters from Newspaper
Courthouse News reports: After the Sun-Sentinel newspaper published an article under the headline, “Officer accused of sending nude photos of ex-lover,” several people posted defamatory, pseudonymous statements about the officer on the newspaper’s Internet message board, the policeman says. Pembroke Pines police Officer Daniel Rakofsky wants the newspaper to tell him who those people are….