Here we go again: the rights of the public – and in this case, the parents of a murdered girl – are pitted against the privacy rights of a criminal – in this case, the convicted killer. David Wynn reports: The parents of murdered Kilmarnock woman Vikki McGrand have been left in the dark about…
Category: Non-U.S.
Privacy International’s revamped web site – check it out!
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…
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…