From the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) of Alberta: In recognition of Data Privacy Day, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) has released independent research it had commissioned to provide a privacy perspective on multi-stakeholder government information sharing projects. The paper entitled Government Information Sharing: Is Data Going Out…
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BC’s Privacy Commissioner Releases Report on Government Privacy Breaches
British Columbia’s Privacy Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, has released a report on privacy breach management in government ministries. The report, An Examination of BC Government’s Privacy Breach Management, examines the degree to which government is fulfilling its duty to respond to, and properly manage, its privacy breaches. From the executive summary of the report: The examination revealed that…
Mexico says may sanction Google over data protection breach
Et tu, Mexico? Reuters reports: Mexico’s federal transparency body said it had initiated proceedings to impose sanctions on the Mexican unit of Google Inc for possible breach of the country’s data protection law. The Federal Institute for Information Access and Data Protection (IFAI) said it had taken the step following a request from an unidentified…
Internet of Things: Privacy & Security in a Connected World
The FTC’s report (pdf), Internet of Things: Privacy & Security in a Connected World, summarizes the workshop it held on November 19, 2013 and provides staff’s recommendations in this area. Of note, also read the Separate Statement of Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen (pdf) and the Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Joshua D. Wright (pdf). Not for the first time, Commissioner Wright appears to…