Ryan Calo writes: In my previous post, I talked about the problem of online tracking and some of the solutions on offer. In this post, I will propose a potential legislative model drawn from copyright law. Several scholars (e.g., Pam Samuelson) have argued that intellectual property holds lessons for privacy. Others have specifically explored whether copyright might. I…
Category: Misc
Give me back my data! The curse of personal information brokers
Scott Raymond writes: Recently on Reddit, regular contributorLawyerCT presented a list of top sites that collect, store and sell access to your personal data, and provided the methods for removing yourself from these databases. […] It gets worse. While LawyerCT did yeoman’s work collecting the methods of removing yourself from these “services”, there are a number of…
Most Canadians Can Be Uniquely Identified From Their Date Of Birth And Postal Code
There are increasing pressures for health care providers to make individual-level data readily available for research and policy making. But Canadians are more likely to allow the sharing of their personal data if they believe that their privacy is protected. A new report by Dr. Khaled El Emam, the Canada Research Chair in Electronic Health…
Federal Court OKs Personal Information on Parking Tickets
Here’s a follow-up on a case I mentioned on this blog in September 2010. The court issued its decision and although the court may (or may not) have made a correct ruling, the decision leaves anyone who gets a parking ticket in Palatine, Illinois at greater risk of identity theft: The Village of Palatine, Illinois…