The press watchdog has upheld two complaints from X Factor judge Dannii Minogue against the Daily Mirror and Daily Record over invasion of privacy. The singer complained when the papers reported she was pregnant before her 12-week scan, which can establish the health of an unborn baby. […] The Daily Mirror and Daily Record had…
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Ca: Commissioner Cavoukian calls for a paradigm shift in how we protect privacy: It’s time to Reboot and raise the bar
The future of privacy will require a paradigm shift: regulation alone will be unsustainable for ensuring privacy going forward in to the world of the cloud, says Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, Dr. Ann Cavoukian. “Our collective focus will need to shift to offering proactive protections that embed privacy as the default,” said Commissioner Cavoukian….
Pirate Movie Privacy Case Set For The Norwegian Supreme Court
enigmax blogs: Should copyright holders be allowed to get the identities of Internet users behind an IP-address for private prosecutions, or should that ability be left solely with the police? That’s the key question behind a pivotal hit movie camcorder case which is set to move amid an unusual amount of secrecy to Norway’s Supreme…
Swedish Search Engine Site “Invades privacy”
Google and its Swedish competitor hitta.se are the subject of escalating complaints about invasions of privacy, according to newspaper Syndsvenskan. The complaints centre on the search engines websites use of “streetviews” which zoom in on objects, including people, in extreme close-up, without the protection of annonymity enjoyed by other countries. Sydsvenskan writes that anyone hoping…