In the spring of 2010, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada held public consultations on online tracking, profiling and targeting, and cloud computing. The Office received 32 written submissions and held three public events in Toronto, Montreal and Calgary. These events were attended by representatives of industry and government, academics, and advocates, as…
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Judge orders Joe Miller’s Fairbanks borough personnel records to be released
Some public employees’ workplace issues are still shielded from the public by employee privacy rights, but when you’re running for office, don’t be surprised when the press starts suing to get your records. Jeff Richardson of the Daily News-Miner reports: A Superior Court judge ruled on Saturday that most of the Fairbanks North Star Borough…
The Democrats’ Voter Privacy Fail
Shaun Dakin has done a good job of calling attention to privacy problems with the Democrats’ OFA web site. Now Stephanie Mencimer picks up the story and points out how the Democrats’ lack of adequate privacy controls may be backfiring on them by Tea Party supporters using the database to try to convert people to…
Harvey Levin on media and privacy
I’ve occasionally blogged about celebrities, the media, and right to privacy. I came across an interesting talk that Harvey Levin of TMZ gave to students at the University of Chicago Law School this week on media and privacy. It’s a very human talk that deals with ethics of the media, the “yuck factor,” “zones of…