In a report released today, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) documents how your location information is collected by various popular electronic devices and services, and argues for concrete technological solutions that would allow you to enjoy these systems’ benefits without sacrificing your privacy in your everyday life. “There are nifty new location-based technologies like electronic…
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Camera Surveillance in Canada: A Research Workshop
January 14-16, 2010 Queen’s University Kingston, Ontario, Canada Cameras have been appearing for some years in the streets, shopping malls, airports, train stations, arenas, educational institutions and even convenience stores and taxicabs, yet no one has undertaken a systematic survey of what’s happening in the Canadian context. A Report on Camera Surveillance in Canada prepared…
Job opening for tech geek with privacy chops
Must love geese? Here’s a job opening from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada that could be right up some reader’s alley: We’re looking for an Information Technology Research Analyst – and the competition is open to the public. You can find a detailed list of requirements at jobs.gc.ca, but we can boil…
Sale of DMV Data Could Bankrupt Missouri
Two related federal class actions have the potential to bankrupt the state. The plaintiffs claim that the Source for Public Data and Chexsystems Collection Agency illegally obtained a database from the Missouri Department of Motor Vehicles, with confidential information about Missouri drivers….. The classes claim the companies violated the Federal Driver’s Privacy Protection Act by…