The Department of Homeland Security Privacy Office has released its privacy report [pdf] for the period July 2008 – June 2009. As summarized in the report, the DHS Privacy Office: is the first statutorily mandated privacy office in the federal government. Its mission is to minimize the impact on an individual’s privacy, particularly an individual’s…
UK press regulator hints at less privacy protection for publicity-seeking celebs
The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) will take into account how much of a celebrity’s private life they have chosen to expose in the past when ruling on new allegations of invasion of privacy, it has said. The PCC, which is a voluntary industry self-regulatory body, has published changes to its voluntary Code of Conduct which…
Acorn sues filmmakers, cites privacy law
Ben Nuckols of Associated Press reports: Acorn and two former employees of its Baltimore office filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit Wednesday against the makers of a hidden-camera video that showed the employees giving tax advice to a man posing as a pimp and a woman posing as a prostitute. […] The lawsuit names James O’Keefe III…
Privacy Proofing Your Organisation
The International Association of Privacy Professionals Australia and New Zealandʼs second annual conference – Privacy Proofing Your Organisation- will be held in Melbourne on 14 October. Featured speaker is Mozelle Thompson, former US Federal Trade Commissioner, and corporate privacy advisor, on social media and privacy in the 21st century. Other speakers include Special Minister of…