Chad Skelton reports: A tax collector in B.C. used the Canada Revenue Agency’s computers to look up the private tax files of hundreds of high-income individuals, apparently in the hopes of hitting them up for a business she ran on the side, according to internal government documents. The CRA’s internal investigation report, obtained by the…
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UK: ICO Statement on Google WiFi data
A spokesperson for the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said: “The ICO has visited Google’s premises to assess samples of the ‘pay-load’ data it inadvertently collected. Whilst Google considered it unlikely that it had collected anything other than fragments of content, we wanted to make our own judgement as to the likelihood that significant personal data…
Mexico’s New Data Protection Law
W. Scott Blackmer writes: Mexico has joined the ranks of more than 50 countries that have enacted omnibus data privacy laws covering the private sector. The new Federal Law on the Protection of Personal Data Held by Private Parties (Ley federal de protección de datos personales en posesión de los particulares) (the “Law”) was published…
Ie: Bid to block reports on privacy case fails
Tim Healy reports: A High Court defamation and breach of privacy action by the partner of pantomime star Twink’s ex-husband has been adjourned until tomorrow after a judge was told the newspaper involved in the action would not be calling any witnesses. As the evidence was concluded, High Court President Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns said…