Privacy International has redone their web site. Not only does it look great, but there’s a really interesting graphic on EU Privacy and Human Rights that you’ll want to see. Clicking the various links on the right side of the graphic will display a visual representation of how much of a problem various issues are…
Category: Non-U.S.
Jennifer Stoddart’s Shot Across the Privacy Bow
Michael Geist writes: By virtually every measure, 2010 was a remarkably successful year for Canadian privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart. Riding the wave of high profile investigations into the privacy practices of Internet giants Facebook and Google, Stoddart received accolades around the world, while garnering a three-year renewal of her term at home. My regular technology…
France maintains long tradition of data protection
Molly Guinness reports: Thirty years ago this week, the “Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data,” was signed by the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France. Convention 108 marked the first major international policy that laid out the issues of privacy and data protection. It laid the foundation…
Ca: News Interview Breached Right of Privacy
The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council today released its decision concerning a news report about a vehicle accident that aired on CHCH-TV’s newscast on March 15, 2010. A collision between a minivan and a motorcycle had left the motorcycle driver in hospital. The report featured a film clip of the wife of the minivan driver, despite the wife’s…