A draft bill that anticipates the use of fingerprints on national identity cards for adult citizens has sparked controversy among Turkish lawmakers. According to the draft bill, which was approved by the parliamentary planning and budget commission, a biometrical fingerprint will be included on the identity cards to be given to all Turkish citizens over…
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Canadians ok with sharing tax information: survey
There’s been a sharp increase in the number of Canadians who think it’s OK for the Canada Revenue Agency to share their tax information with other federal departments and provincial governments. According to a major survey conducted for the CRA by Corporate Research Associates Inc., one in two Canadians think sharing tax information is a…
AU: iiNet ordered to hand over customer records
Internet service provider iiNet has been ordered by Australia’s Federal Court to hand over a sample of twenty customer records, to be used as evidence in a landmark copyright case. At the close of the directions motions hearing today, both iiNet and film industry group AFACT (The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft) could lay claim…
Canadian MPs call for expanded privacy law
Canadian MPs call for expanded privacy law A Commons committee says the federal privacy law should be expanded to cover new technology such as live surveillance-camera feeds and DNA swabs collected from suspects. Currently the Privacy Act covers only information collected by the government in recorded form, such as papers, tapes and computer files. Read…