The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council today released its decision concerning a news report about animal abuse aired on CHEK News at Five on July 19, 2010. The lead story on that newscast dealt with the death of a family of raccoons in Esquimalt, British Columbia. It was reported that an individual in the neighbourhood had…
Category: Non-U.S.
Border talks worrisome for Canadians’ privacy
Rikki Schierer reports: Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s recent talks with U.S. President Barack Obama regarding thinning the border has much larger implications for Canadians, MP Nathan Cullen said. Introduced as a means to increase economic benefits, it’s a way to lessen the “thickening” of the border that has hindered trade and tourism, Cullen said. The…
UK: People get power to take CCTV abusers to court
Tom Whitehead and James Kirkup report: Any member of the public will be able to refer a local authority for judicial review if they can argue their cameras were set up or are being used inappropriately. It means town halls risk legal action if they expand their CCTV schemes without proper public consultation or have…
Privacy in the Wake of Olympic Security: Wikileaks Sheds Light on How the U.S. Pressured Brazil
Katitza Rodriguez of EFF writes: Privacy advocates have observed for years that countries hosting the Olympic Games introduce increasingly heightened security and surveillance measures for the event, but rarely cut back on public surveillance after the games are finished. Because these expanded surveillance measures are often made permanent, we noted with interest a report released…