Cindy Cohn of EFF comments on the revised Google Book search settlement proposal: Late Friday night the parties to the Google Book Search class action submitted a revised settlement agreement to the federal court in New York that is hearing the case. Unfortunately, the parties did not add any reader privacy protections. The only nominal…
Biometrics sparks privacy fears in Ireland
Jared Yee reports: Collecting biometric information could put civil liberties and privacy at risk, despite considerable benefits, says the Irish Council for Bioethics (ICB). In its report, “Biometrics: Enhancing Security or Invading Privacy?”, the ICB explores privacy concerns stemming from the growing use of biometric technologies to counter identity theft. The technologies reviewed in the…
Ca: WCB complaint well-founded
Joe Couture reports: Saskatchewan’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, Gary Dickson, released Monday a report on an investigation that dismissed three of four complaints against Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) but found one of the complaints was well-founded. In the report, the commissioner deals with four complaints that were raised by an injured worker regarding WCB…
Google Books limited to “common legal heritage”
Matthew Sag writes: On November 13, 2009, the parties in the Google Book litigation filed an Amended Settlement Agreement and a motion for preliminary approval of the amended settlement with the District Court. The amended agreement is available here. Elinor Mills at CNET has a good summary of the revised agreement. The most significant change…