Usually when I read a story about adoptees and privacy, the issue is the adoptees wanting to be able to determine their biological parents. Michael Warren of the Associated Press has an interview with some adoptees in Argentina who do not want to be forced to give DNA if it proves that their adoptive mother,…
Category: Non-U.S.
Ca: Third-party landlord organization collected, used and disclosed tenants’ personal information without their consent
PIPEDA Case Summary #2009-017 An advocate for tenants’ rights complained that, without obtaining proper consent, an organization was collecting, using and disclosing sensitive personal information about tenants for various purposes. This personal information was disclosed to the organization’s paying members (i.e., landlords). It was available from the organization’s web site, and, at one point, a…
Ca: Husband leaked video
Davene Jeffrey reports: Halifax regional school board head Carole Olsen says it was her husband who leaked a video of a principal scuffling with a 14-year-old student at Graham Creighton Junior High School in Cherry Brook. The superintendent, with board chairman Irvine Carvery at her side, told media Friday morning that Christopher Olsen, her partner…
UK: Libel Bill gives ISPs definite 14 day window to act
Existing law says that companies not directly responsible for a message can escape liability for it but only if they take it down ‘expeditiously’ when informed of it. Liberal Democrat peer Lord Lester has proposed a Libel Bill which would set that period at 14 days, or shorter if an application to a court to…