QMI Agency reports: Modern technology and teenage tomfoolery came to a head Tuesday in a Calgary-area courtroom. A “naive” teenage boy, with his embarrassed parents seated behind him, stood before a provincial court judge to admit a “prank” made him a criminal. The teen pleaded guilty to two voyeurism-related charges after he used his BlackBerry…
Category: Non-U.S.
India Launches Project to ID 1.2 Billion People
Amol Sharma reports: India’s vaunted tech savvy is being put to the test this week as the country embarks on a daunting mission: assigning a unique 12-digit number to each of its 1.2 billion people. The project, which seeks to collect fingerprint and iris scans from all residents and store them in a massive central…
Ca: Privacy Commissioner finds evidence of systemic abuse at Veterans Affairs
Murray Brewster reports: Canada’s Privacy Commissioner says she’s uncovered evidence of possible widespread privacy abuse at Veterans Affairs and decided on her own to launch a full-fledged audit into how the personal information of injured soldiers is handled. A statement by Jennifer Stoddart’s office, released to The Canadian Press, contradicts Veterans Affairs Minister Jean-Pierre Blackburn…
APF: Strengthen consent provisions in privacy regulation
I think the headline the paper had, “APF: Consent a danger to Australians’ privacy,” is terribly misleading, as it’s lack of consent that’s the danger to privacy, not consent! Maybe they meant to say “Inadequate consent provisions a danger….” Liz Tay reports: The Australian Privacy Foundation has fingered the concept of consent as the “single…