Today, Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart announced the recipients of her Office’s 2010-11 Contributions Program, which funds privacy research and public education initiatives. Recipients of this year’s Contributions Program are advancing research in a number of areas of interest to Canadians and others around the world: * Targeted online advertising * Data-sharing between governments and commercial…
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Ca: BC Hydro fights RCMP on power records
Jane Seyd reports that BC Hydro pushed back when RCMP obtained an order for them to turn over all customer records based on energy usage: North Vancouver RCMP have backed off on a request that would have forced BC Hydro to turn over the records of more than a thousand North Vancouver homeowners using large…
Australia: Through the Looking Glass: Notes on Privacy
Phillip Ng writes: The Federal Privacy Commissioner has released several further case notes this month dealing with complaints received by the Commissioner and other investigations concerning private organisations and government agencies. The four case notes Ng summarizes are: Case 1: Consent to disclosure of personal information Case 2: Direct marketing Case 3: Default credit listing…
NZ: Police phone system ‘may breach rights’
People could get off criminal charges because the phone system used at the Whangarei police station may have breached their Bill of Rights, a court has heard. Stephen Pugh, 51, is arguing that drink-driving charges against him should be dropped because the station’s phone system did not allow him to consult his lawyer properly. The…