James McLeod reports: Justice Minister Felix Collins said it’s “fairly unlikely” that anyone’s privacy was breached despite concerns raised by the province’s auditor general. In the auditor general’s annual report on government operations, John Noseworthy wrote three accounts in the government’s Support Enforcement Division had been improperly accessed hundreds of times. Collins said he didn’t…
Category: Non-U.S.
European Commission Finds Israeli Data Protection Law Provides Adequate Protection
Reporting from Israel, legal consultant Dr. Omer Tene writes: On January 31, 2011, the European Commission formally approved Israel’s status as a country providing “adequate protection” for personal data under the European Data Protection Directive. The decision is restricted to automated international data transfers from the EU, as well as to non-automated data transfers that…
Ca: Management Ethics: Privacy issues
The Fall/Winter 2010 issue of Management Ethics (pdf) from ethicscentre.ca has a nice collection of articles: Why Privacy Matters – Chris MacDonald, Ph.D. Privacy by Design: Achieving Consumer Trust and Freedom in the Information Age – Ann Cavoukian, Ph.D. Hiring in a Social Media Age – Avner Levin, SJD Privacy Law: Questions and Answers – Christine Lonsdale H/T, @_pidder_
UK: Information Commissioner’s Office under fire for dropping BT investigation (update2)
Josh Halliday reports: Privacy groups have attacked the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for dropping its investigation into BT, which in September emailed details about more than 500 of its customers to a law firm. The ICO told the Guardian that BT cannot be held responsible for the action, in which a spreadsheet with confidential information…