The Smart Grid brings many benefits – but privacy protection must be built into the design of this new technology before an explosion of personal data erupts, Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, Dr. Ann Cavoukian, cautioned today in a new white paper. “The overarching privacy concern associated with Smart Grid technology is its ability to…
NZ: PIs should not be restricted more than public – Sir Geoffrey
Private investigators should not be restricted from taking photos or recording people any more than the general public is, Law Commission president Geoffrey Palmer says. However, restrictions on the general public were too lax, he said. There was “no justification” for private investigators to be singled out for restrictions when ordinary members of the public…
Tw: Wife catches lawsuit instead of cheater
Taiwan – To catch a cheating partner with help from private investigators, be careful to follow the law or the police will go after you instead of the cheater. A woman and her accomplices were arrested for violating the law for privacy protection by hiring private detectors to unlawfully install bugs on her spouse’s vehicle…
ACLU launches Demand Your dotRights web site
The ACLU of Northern California has launched a new web site, Demand Your DotRights. The site provides an overview video about online privacy, news, and some action alerts. One of the action alerts involves sending a message to Google about reader privacy and Google Book Search. The template message asks for four protections: 1) Protection…