Canadian privacy lawyer David T. S. Fraser of McInnesCooper tweeted a sample of lawsuits some Canadians are receiving. You may have already received one — or maybe you will receive one soon, so take note: A #torrent of lawsuits are descending on Canadians accused of online file sharing. If you get one of these, it…
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Should online privacy legislation be based on trust or control?
Roslyn Layton writes: Peter Winn, director of the Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties and acting chief privacy officer at the Department of Justice spoke at AEI last week. He noted that trust is fundamental to the efficacy of any institution, whether a firm, a country, or the DOJ itself. He described the DOJ’s duty…
Major Browsers to Prevent Disabling of Click Tracking Privacy Risk
Lawrence Abrams reports: A HTML standard called hyperlink auditing that allows sites to track link clicks is enabled by default on Safari, Chrome, Opera, and Microsoft Edge, but will soon have no way to disable it. As it is considered a privacy risk, browsers previously allowed you to disable this feature. Now they are going…
EPIC FOIA – FTC Confirms More than 25,000 Facebook Complaints are Pending
From EPIC.org: In response to a FOIA request from EPIC, the FTC has confirmed that there are over 25,000 complaints about Facebook pending with the Commission. In the eight (8) years since the FTC announced a consent order barring Facebook from making any misrepresentations about use privacy, the FTC has not taken a single enforcement…