The popular social networking website Facebook hasn’t always properly guarded the privacy rights of its users and could still be in violation of some provisions of Canadian law, the country’s privacy commissioner is expected to announce Thursday after a 13-month investigation. Jennifer Stoddart launched the probe last year after the Canadian Internet Policy and Public…
India to issue biometric ID cards to 1.2 billion
The Indian government has announced that it is to issue all of its 1.2 billion citizens with biometric identity cards. The operation will be run by the Unique Identification Authority, a new government department created specifically for the task of assigning every living Indian an exclusive number and gathering and electronically storing their personal details….
More on Twittergate
Many of the headlines today discuss a story mentioned earlier today on this site — how Twitter got hacked and TechCrunch decided to publish some of the documents they were sent by the hacker. Steve Ragan of Tech Herald provides coverage of the ethical controversy raised by Tech Crunch’s decision and agrees with their stance,…
D.A. sued for showing around photos of sex assault
A county attorney in Kansas violated a girl’s privacy by showing around photos of her sexual assault, the teen and her mother claim in Topeka Federal Court. The Anderson County Attorney refused to prosecute the assailant, but showed other parents photos of the sexual assault, and was suspended from practicing law for 6 months for…