Surabhi Agarwal reports: New Delhi: In what may change the way banks and cellphone companies as well as official agencies collect and process information about individuals, the government is proposing legislation that will empower citizens with sweeping rights to legal recourse against any misuse of personal data. The first draft of the proposed legislation has…
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Alberta employer too hasty in telling supervisors about employee’s failed drug test
An adjudicator with Alberta’s Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner found an Alberta employer did not comply with the notification requirements of provincial privacy legislation when it informed certain employees and others that an employee who was suspended for a positive drug test wouldn’t be around. An Alberta employee of Lafarge Canada, a supplier…
Google signs commitment to improve data handling – ICO
The Information Commissioner’s Office issued the following statement: Google Inc. has signed a commitment to improve data handling to ensure breaches like the collection of WiFi payload data by Google Street View vehicles do not occur again, the Information Commissioner said today. Senior Vice President of Google, Alan Eustace, has signed an undertaking on behalf…
Nearly One Million LifeLock Victims to Receive Refund Checks from FTC
An administrator working for the Federal Trade Commission began mailing refund checks Wednesday to 957,928 people who were victims of allegedly false claims made by LifeLock, Inc., which told consumers it could provide absolute protection from identity theft if they signed up for its identity protection service. The mailings will continue for two weeks. In…