Ephraim Wilson of the NZ Privacy Commissioner’s Office writes: In 2013, UK Prime Minister David Cameron tried to instigate the sharing of UK National Health Service (“NHS”) patient data to private organisations for a small fee. Despite plans to anonymise the data, the move was sufficiently controversial that the Government had to drop the plan…
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Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency to collaborate on issues of mutual interest
Announcement from the Privacy Commissioner of Canada’s Office: July 19, 2021 The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) and the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA) have committed to coordinate their activities to maximize expertise and ensure productive engagements with national security institutions on privacy matters of mutual relevance. The two organizations…
India’s DNA data law seen to harm minorities, hurt privacy
Rina Chandran reports: A proposed Indian law on the collection and use of genetic data to tackle crime can violate privacy, and target minorities and marginalised communities disproportionately, according to technology experts and human rights groups. The DNA Technology Regulation Bill allows the profiling of victims, those accused of crimes, and those reported missing, and…
UN finds storing biometric data on Mauritius ID cards violates privacy
Frank Hersey reports: The United Nations Human Rights Committee has found that the legislation which Mauritius passed in 2013 for its biometric smart ID cards does not provide sufficient guarantees for securely protecting the biometrics of cardholders and therefore violates citizens’ privacy rights, according to the Committee’s release. The Committee stated that Mauritius did not provide enough information…