@EducationNY pointed me to this news story by Christine Clarridge: Five months before she allegedly attacked two schoolmates with a knife, nearly killing one, a Snohomish High School student underwent counseling after she threatened to kill another student’s boyfriend. The 15-year-old Snohomish girl was allowed to return to school only after she presented proof she…
Category: Laws
China amends law to increase punishment for leaking personal info
China’s gov.cn site today indicates that an amendment strengthening personal data protection and increasing penalties for leaks or breaches (discussed on Xinhuanet yesterday) has been adopted: China’s top legislature on Saturday adopted an amendment to the Resident Identity Card Law in a bid to better protect residents’ personal information in identity cards. The Standing Committee of the National…
Ca: Toews won’t bend on online surveillance laws
Sarah Schmidt reports: Public Safety Minister Vic Toews says he won’t budge on the government’s online surveillance laws despite the “deep concerns” of Canada’s privacy watchdog. In an open letter to Toews released Thursday, privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart publicly pleaded with the Conservative government to rewrite its proposed electronic surveillance legislation to avoid the “possible…
Questioning Privacy Protections in Research
Patricia Cohen reports: Hoping to protect privacy in an age when a fingernail clipping can reveal a person’s identity, federal officials are planning to overhaul the rules that regulate research involving human subjects. But critics outside the biomedical arena warn that the proposed revisions may unintentionally create a more serious problem: sealing off vast collections…