The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has announced upcoming consultations with Canadians on privacy issues related to cloud computing practices. “Businesses and individual Canadians are increasingly likely to make use of cloud computing technologies,” said Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart. “And yet, they are often unaware that their activities could be affecting their own privacy. Our goal…
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UK: ICO launches new consultation on auditing notices
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has launched a consultation on a new draft code of practice which sets out the privacy watchdog’s proposed approach to using its new auditing powers due to come into effect in April 2010. The ICO will take a proportionate and risk-based approach to auditing, based on a range of intelligence…
Jilted lover fly-posts pics of ex-boyfriend’s privates
Paul O’Mahony reports: An 18-year-old woman in northern Sweden has been charged with harassment after taping pictures of her ex-boyfriend’s private parts on lampposts near his home. The scorned teen also scrawled her 24-year-old ex-boyfriend’s name and phone number on the pictures, along with an unflattering comment about the size of his sex organ, Expressen…
Ca: N.B. justice minister quits after privacy breach in email from former department
The Canadian Press reports that Bernard LeBlanc, New Brunswick’s justice minister, has resigned as the result of a privacy breach that occurred when he was minister of local government: The Opposition Conservatives called for the resignation of Bernard LeBlanc after an email was released identifying a complainant in an animal abuse case. The email, which…