Amanda Taub reports: Things were supposed to be different this time, Brooke thought in disbelief as the police officer demanded that she hand over every scrap of data on her phone to investigators — not because she was suspected of a crime, but because she was the victim of one. Years earlier, a man who…
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Ca: Class Action Certified Against Toronto Plastic Surgeon “Dr. 6ix”
There’s a litigation update about a privacy breach case previously noted on this site. TORONTO, July 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Between January 1, 2017 and December 13, 2018, Dr. Martin Jugenburg (the self-styled “Dr. 6ix”) operated surveillance video cameras throughout his clinic, the Toronto Cosmetic Surgery Institute, located in the toney Fairmont Royal York Hotel….
‘Deeply alarmed’: China now ahead of U.S. on privacy law
Alexandra S. Levine reports: The Covid-19 pandemic has heightened digital surveillance around the world. But in China, where citizens had already been subjected to mass tracking by the government, the crisis helped expand an authoritarian system that has been refined and cemented as the norm. Yet, as the Chinese surveillance state grows, so does public pushback….
UK: ICO publishes annual tracking research
77% of people say protecting their personal information is essential, research commissioned by the ICO has found. The survey of over 2,000 individuals monitors changes in what people think about data protection and freedom of information, and how they utilise their information rights. This has been especially important during the pandemic where the public and…