Chris Williams reports: A UN watchdog has called for a new international agreement on privacy following a review of the expanding global array of surveillance measures and databases advanced by governments in the cause of counter-terrorism. The special rapporteur on human rights, Martin Scheinin, said the UN should create a “a global declaration on data…
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Data Privacy Day – Privacy by Design: The Gold Standard
“In light of the proliferation of emerging technologies, a comprehensive and proactive approach is required to protect privacy – an approach in which both privacy and security are effectively built into the information eco-system, throughout the entire data lifecycle,” Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian said today. “Categorically reject talk of trade-offs, instead, embed…
CAPAPA celebrates Data Privacy Day across Canada – Mark Your Calendars
In addition to all the events previously listed for Data Privacy Day, which is January 28, CAPAPA sends this press release of all the privacy-related events being held in Canada: CAPAPA (Canadian Association of Professional Access and Privacy Administrators), Canada’s leading association of privacy and access professionals, is leading the nation-wide Data Privacy Day campaign…
The “adequacy” regime is inadequate
Peter Fleischer comments: There are many people in Europe who would rather eat their “chapeau” than admit that non-European countries like the United States might have adequate privacy protection, based on long-standing cultural or ideological bias. In my opinion, it’s the European “adequacy” regime that has become inadequate in today’s world. It’s near the top…