Janice Tibbetts reports: The Supreme Court of Canada will rule Friday on whether Canadian media — like journalists in several other Western countries — should be protected from divulging their confidential sources to police to help with criminal investigations. The National Post newspaper, supported by civil libertarians and a coalition of media groups, seeks to…
Category: Non-U.S.
AU: Forensic police who refused to supply DNA sent back to general duties
Robyn Ironside reports: Five police forensics officers have been booted out of their roles for refusing to supply DNA samples to their employer. The Queensland Police Service had given the officers until March 1 to provide a “voluntary” sample for the purpose of eliminating their DNA from crime scenes. As many as 50 per cent…
Ca: Driving records could go public
Lindsay Kines and Rob Shaw report: The secret nature of B.C.’s new impaired-driving sanctions might force the government to open driving records to public scrutiny. Right now, such records are considered private. But that means many people punished for drunk driving will escape public notice, because the new administrative penalties will be imposed by the…
Za: Ideco rubbishes theft, privacy claims
Nicola Mawson reports: Biometrics company Ideco has lashed back at reports that it stole the Department of Home Affairs’ database a few years ago. The company, listed on the JSE, was accused of having breached the home affairs fingerprint database when it digitised the system four years ago. […] The company’s biometric access control system,…