Harry Ng reports: Just one in 10 commonly used government public registers have safeguards against the misuse of private data, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data has found. The 10 registers that it examined covered bankruptcies, births, business, companies, land, marriages, notice of intended marriages, licensed persons, vehicles and voters. Read more…
Category: Govt
Sen. Wyden objects to anti-terrorism rules for online sites, insists on debate
Anne Flaherty of AP reports: Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat and skeptic of broad government surveillance, objected Tuesday to a bill that would have required social media and online sites like Google, Yahoo, Twitter and Facebook to alert federal authorities of any terrorist activity. The proposal, by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., had been tucked…
Federal Court certifies privacy class action by Medical Marijuana patients against Health Canada
HALIFAX, July 28, 2015 /CNW/ – The Federal Court of Canada has certified a class action commenced on behalf of more than 40,000 medical marijuana licensees alleging that Health Canada violated their privacy. In November 2013, Health Canada sent notices to over 40,000 participants of the Marihuana Medical Access Program (MMAP) to advise of changes to regulations governing the use…
Privacy groups turn to fax machines in fight over CISA
Cory Bennett reports: Senators this week may get some unexpected activity from a fading technology — the fax machine. A broad coalition of civil liberties advocates and digital privacy groups have teamed up to create a one-week website — stopcyberspying.com — which lets anyone write up and send a fax to senators. Photos are optional….