Privacy Awareness Week is an annual promotion by the Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities (APPA) forum that commenced in 2007. Here are some items related to it this year: From the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Australia: A new free online tool to help people protect themselves against identity theft has been launched as part…
Category: Non-U.S.
Kids at risk – watchdog fingers Facebook
Isaac Davison reports: Almost half of all New Zealanders now use online social networks – but most of us are hugely concerned about the information children are sharing on the internet. A Privacy Commission survey issued today reveals nearly 45 per cent of Kiwis have online profiles – most on Facebook – which is up…
Guernsey: Data protection law amended to include prison time
Michael Adkins of Collas Day summarizes amendments to the Data Protection (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law. According to Wikipedia, Guernsey is a possession of the UK and not part of the UK nor part of the EU. Of particular interest to me in their amendments: Section 55(2) has been amended to offer further exemptions to people…
Contents of Canada’s secret no-fly list exposed
Colin Freeze reports: For the first time Canadians are getting a peek into the top-secret binders containing various versions of the country’s no-fly list, thanks to an intelligence analyst who allegedly went AWOL and took the manual with her. The details – including references to “data sheets” kept on potential terrorists and “emergency directions” to…