The Canadian Press reports: Canada’s privacy commissioner is launching a series of public consultations to investigate online data collection through social networking and consumer profiling. Jennifer Stoddart is examining the privacy risks associated with the online tracking, profiling and targeting of consumers, in the lead up to a review of the Personal Information Protection and…
Category: Non-U.S.
The “adequacy” regime is inadequate
Peter Fleischer comments: There are many people in Europe who would rather eat their “chapeau” than admit that non-European countries like the United States might have adequate privacy protection, based on long-standing cultural or ideological bias. In my opinion, it’s the European “adequacy” regime that has become inadequate in today’s world. It’s near the top…
Data Privacy Day is January 28 – Events start this week!
Data Privacy Day is January 28, and there are more events this year than in past years, with some events starting on January 20. The Data Privacy Day Project lists a number of resources and events that you will want to know about. Many of the events have now been entered on this site’s privacy…
False Moscow CCTV feed scam leads to fraud charges
John Leyden reports: The discovery that some CCTV cameras around Moscow streamed prerecorded images, instead of live pictures, has resulted in criminal charges against StroyMontageService, the firm that maintained the network. Dmitry Kudryavtsev, a director of StroyMontageService, has been arrested and charged with fraud over the alleged scam, which recalls fake image trickery used in…