Organisations that flout privacy online risk a double whammy of enforcement action by the Information Commissioner’s Office and the loss of trust from customers. In a major speech on privacy protection today, Christopher Graham, the Information Commissioner, appealed to businesses, charities and public bodies to be straight with consumers so that people know why their…
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AU: A victory for privacy over world of surveillance
Erik Jensen reports: Young people do not care about their privacy and there is little reason to protect it, according to the former Victorian police commissioner Christine Nixon. They use Twitter and Facebook, she said. They appear on Big Brother. There has been a generational shift. ”Young people don’t seem to be bothered,” she said…
IE: Council blunder breaches privacy
A small item seen in The Independent: Council officials yesterday apologised to 600 people after their ownership of a second home was publicised in an email blunder. Offaly County Council issued deadline reminders for payments of the €200 non-principal private residence charge but included a mailing list identifying all the people on the list.
Big Brother row as ‘food police’ secretly photograph schoolchildren’s packed lunches
Sarah Harris: Teachers have used ‘Big Brother’ tactics to secretly spy on children’s lunch boxes, it has been revealed. They have covertly photographed pupils’ packed lunches over the last six months and analysed the contents. Staff have awarded marks to the food and then revealed their findings to outraged parents, offering them advice on how…