Daniel Silva reports: The new ”smart meters” utilities are installing in homes around the world to reduce energy use raise fresh privacy issues because of the wealth of information about consumer habits they reveal, experts said Friday. The devices send data on household energy consumption directly to utilities on a regular basis, allowing the firms…
UK: Only a ‘minimal’ invasion of privacy: Snooping council spied on family 21 times in 3 weeks
A council which used controversial laws to spy on a mother and her family 21 times in three weeks insisted today that its actions only ‘minimally’ invaded their privacy. Poole Borough Council had also used Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa) legislation on two other occasions to determine whether families were living in the right…
ACS Panel: Living Online – Privacy and Security Issues in a Digital Age
The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS) hosted an event exploring challenges to privacy in a growing digital age. The event featured a keynote address by Christopher N. Olsen, the Assistant Director in the Division of Privacy and Identity Protection at the Federal Trade Commission, which was followed by a diverse panel of…
N.S. Appeal Court rules alleged drug courier’s charter rights weren’t violated
HALIFAX — A man who successfully argued his charter rights were violated when he was arrested with three kilograms of cocaine at Halifax airport four years ago has to stand trial again, Nova Scotia Appeal Court has decided. The original trial judge ruled that Mandeep Singh Chehil’s charter rights were breached on Nov. 16, 2005,…