From the Privacy Commissioner of Canada’s Office, this legal update: The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has reached a settlement with the Canad Corporation of Manitoba Ltd (Canad Inns), a hotel chain that operates a number of night clubs in Manitoba. This settlement follows legal proceedings stemming from an investigation into the collection of personal information…
Category: Non-U.S.
Germany bans BlackBerrys and iPhones on snooping fears
Kelly Fiveash reports: The German government has advised ministers not to use BlackBerry and iPhone devices due to “a dramatic increase of attacks against” its networks. A general ban on the use of smartphones in certain German ministries is also being considered, Federal Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière confirmed to the country’s business daily newspaper…
Privacy commissioner seeks to block fingerprinting of med-school applicants
Glen McGregor reports that Canada’s privacy commissioner doesn’t want biometric data of Canadians accessible to U.S. authorities under the PATRIOT Act: Canada’s privacy watchdog has gone to court to stop the collection and storage of fingerprints from students who apply to medical schools. Privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart launched legal action in Federal Court last week,…
Street View: South Korea Police Raid Google Office; Street View to Launch in More German Cities
Choe Sang-Hun reports: The South Korean police raided the offices of Google Korea on Tuesday as part of an investigation into whether the company illegally collected and stored personal wireless data. […] “We will investigate Google Korea officials and scrutinize the data we confiscated today” to see whether company has violated the country’s laws on…