Karen Kleiss reports: An Edmonton business has been ordered to educate its employees about privacy laws after two managers sent out a memo that a “difficult” staffer quit to take a new job and that her new boss would need some luck to deal with her. Information and Privacy adjudicator Keri Ridley ruled managers at…
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AU: Senate inquiry into online privacy debacles
Ari Sharp and Asher Moses report: A Senate inquiry into the adequacy of privacy laws will soon begin, sparked by recent online privacy controversies and the government’s plans to snoop on web users’ internet communications. The inquiry, pushed through by the Greens, will examine privacy protections and data collection on social networking sites and the…
Indonesian pop star surrenders over ‘Peterporn’ sex tape scandal
So you’ve made a sex tape and it winds up being circulated on the Internet. If you’re a celebrity, you get a lot of press. That is, unless you’re a celebrity in Indonesia where they have strict anti-pornography laws. ANI reports: Indonesian pop star Nazril Irham, better known as Ariel, has surrendered himself to police…
Rogue tax workers snooped on ex-spouses, family members
Dean Beeby of the Canadian Press reports: OTTAWA—Dozens of workers at Canada’s tax agency have been caught snooping on their ex-spouses, mothers-in-law, creditors and others by reading confidential tax files. Internal reports at the Canada Revenue Agency show that rogue employees are improperly reviewing the private financial affairs of taxpayers without their knowledge. And some…