As long-time readers know, I tend to avoid news stories about celebrities or people in the public eye if the stories feel like a breach of the individual’s privacy. The ongoing investigation of Julian Assange on molestation charges in Sweden is a bit of an exception – not because I enjoy reading about or referring…
Category: Non-U.S.
AU: Companies cry foul over reforms to privacy laws
Annabel Hepworth reports: Some of Australia’s largest companies fear a big increase in compliance costs from proposed reforms to the country’s privacy laws. Companies including Coles Supermarkets, National Australia Bank, Telstra and Westpac say the proposals must be softened to ease the cost burden. A Senate committee is examining draft laws that would introduce a…
Montreal métro, Parliament Hill reported terror targets
Peggy Curran reports that Canada’s monitoring of Internet traffic deterred a terrorist plot: The alleged plot behind this week’s arrest of four suspected terrorists was to attack Montreal’s métro and Parliament Hill with bombs, says a former counter-terrorism officer with the RCMP and CSIS. Michel Juneau-Katsuya told the Ottawa Citizen that at least one of…
Canada joins APEC cross-border privacy enforcement initiative
Canada has been accepted as a participant in a new Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) mechanism for cross-border cooperation on data privacy enforcement. The initiative – the APEC Cross-border Privacy Enforcement Arrangement – was developed to facilitate information sharing and cooperation between authorities responsible for data and consumer protection in the APEC region. The arrangement establishes…