Andrew MacLeod reports: The British Columbia government is ignoring the warnings of privacy advocates in its push to adopt a new cross-ministry computer file system. The Feb. 9 throne speech renewed a promise for a $180-million integrated case management system that “will deliver better front-line services and supports to women, children, income assistance recipients and…
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B.C. data-sharing system worries privacy watchdogs
CBC News reports: Privacy watchdogs are raising concerns about a B.C. government decision to develop a new computer system that will allow social ministries to share client data and manage case files. The government says the Integrated Case Management System replaces outdated technology and will enable it to provide better services to the public, while…
CZ: Ministry’s web monitoring tool off to rocky start
Christian Falvey reports: The ministry’s has just unveiled a tool for internet users to report illegal material on the internet. In the four days it has been in operation though, the Red Button, as it’s called, may itself have come afoul of the law, reporting also its users’ personal data. Christian Falvey reports. The Human…
Finnish police probe Google for privacy breach
AFP reports: Police in Raahe, some 600 kilometres (370 miles) north of Helsinki, began the investigation Thursday at the request of a man whose picture could been seen online on Google’s Street View maps, he said. “You can see a man sitting in a rocking chair,” detective sergeant Hannu Vainionpaeae told AFP. “He is wearing…