Two Crown-run casinos in Regina and Moose Jaw, Sask., are no longer demanding personal information from people who pay cash for tickets to live stage shows. Gary Dickson, the province’s information and privacy commissioner, says Saskatchewan Gaming has adopted new privacy rules to stop the practice. He says his agency launched an investigation in 2008…
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AU: Vinnies ‘misused’ donor data
Erik Jensen reports: The St Vincent de Paul Society has been accused of breaching public trust and aspects of the Privacy Act after entering into an agreement that allowed one of the world’s largest data companies to gather information through a Christmas mail-out from the charity. The society defended its relationship with Acxiom but admitted…
UK: Stop and search rules declared illegal
Richard James reports: The European court of human rights has ruled the controversial stop and search powers exercised by British police as illegal. The court ruled on Tuesday the powers introduced by the government under the Terrorism Act 2000 to stop people without grounds for suspicion violated article eight of the European convention on human…
UK: Marco Pierre White case shows how family lawyers can get into a stew
Frances Gibb comments: All’s fair in love — and divorce. Or is it? It may surprise those unfamiliar with acrimonious divorce battles that courts condone a degree of DIY detective work. If someone suspects a spouse is lying about his or her financial affairs, courts will approve the secret rummaging through of papers to find…