David Pugliese reports: Two federal ministries are investigating potential violations of privacy laws after government officials shared details about a Postmedia news story and the journalist pursuing it, with representatives of Irving Shipbuilding. Following a tip, Postmedia submitted questions on March 6 to two departments, National Defence and Public Services and Procurement Canada, about possible…
Category: Govt
Senators Markey and Hawley Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Update Children’s Online Privacy Rules
March 12, 2019 – With increased tracking of children and teens online and the collection their personal data a widespread practice, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) today introduced legislation to update children’s online privacy rules for the 21st century. The legislation updates the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by prohibiting…
EPIC Investigates the Transfer of Personal Data from DHS to Census Bureau
From EPIC.org: EPIC has submitted urgent Freedom of Information Act requests to the Department of Homeland Security (USCIS and the Office of Immigration Statistics) and the Census Bureau for records about the planned transfer of personal data from DHS to the Census Bureau. After a federal judge in California ruled that adding a citizenship question…
Nicky Hager settles charges against Westpac in significant NZ privacy case
Over the past five years, I’ve posted a number of stories concerning the illegal surveillance of journalist Nicky Hager and Hager’s attempts to hold the government accountable. I have nothing but respect for him for pushing back against illegal surveillance. Some of the significant aspects of his case arose from an illegal raid in 2014…