From the Nova Scotia Department of Justice: Personal information will be more secure under the Privacy Review Officer Act that takes effect today, Sept. 25. The new act provides authority to a review officer to investigate breaches of privacy when people and organizations are not satisfied with how information shared with government or public bodies…
Government Files Notice of Appeal in Lori Drew Case
Over on The Volokh Conspiracy, Orin Kerr notes: Today Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Krause, the prosecutor in the Lori Drew case, filed a notice of appeal of the District Court’s decision granting the motion to dismiss. It’s important to note that this does not mean the case will actually be appealed. The Solicitor General must…
Judge orders Google to deactivate user’s Gmail account, but wait, there’s more…
Wendy Davis reports that in the Rocky Mountain Bank case previously covered here: In a highly unusual move, a federal judge has ordered Google to deactivate the email account of a user who was mistakenly sent confidential financial information by a bank. The order, issued Wednesday by U.S. District Court Judge James Ware in the…
Social Network Site Privacy: A Comparative Analysis of Six Sites
Research by Jennifer Barrigar for the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada compares Facebook, Hi5, LinkedIn, LiveJournal, MySpace, and Skyrock. This report was prepared for the Office of the Privacy Commissioner by Jennifer Barrigar, a consultant and researcher with experience in both privacy law and developments in internet technology. It was originally commissioned in…