Six U.S. businesses have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceived consumers by falsely claiming they were abiding by an international privacy framework that provides a means for U.S. companies to transfer data from the European Union to the United States in keeping with EU and U.S. law. According to six separate…
Canadians must take more responsibility for online lives: privacy czar
Sarah Schmidt reports: Young Canadians need to “think twice” about how much personal information they post on the Internet and take greater responsibility for how they live their online lives, Canada’s privacy czar warned Tuesday. Noting many people have been fired, missed out on job interviews and academic opportunities for their over-sharing online, Jennifer Stoddart…
RCMP did not violate Charter rights by seizing computers
Andrew Seymour reports: A judge has ordered the contents of at least one of two computers that were used by the spouse of an Ottawa man accused in a deadly terrorist bombing be sent to investigators in France. While the search and seizure of the computers was “admittedly borderline”, Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Maranger…
UK site offers cash for online CCTV snooping
Marc Chacksfield reports: A new website is offering a £1,0000-a-month reward for spotting crimes captured on live CCTV cameras. The initiative asks users to monitor random cameras across the country and report back on any dodgy behaviour. If you successfully report a crime, then you could be in for a cash reward. On the Internet…