Yahoo’s Yule log
This Christmas, Internet company Yahoo gave its users an early Christmas present – a new data retention policy, promising to anonymize user data after 90 days.
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Your information – what’s it worth?
South of the border, Sony Music recently settled with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) after the FTC filed a suit against Sony claiming the company had violated children’s privacy rights.
Read moreRemember Mafiaboy?
In 2000, this 15-year-old hacker brought down some of the most heavily visited websites on the net: Amazon, eBay, CNN, Yahoo!. At the time, reports claimed the hack caused a billion dollars’ worth of damage to these companies.
Read moreOnline social networking at work
Increasingly, employers are looking at how to tackle the thorny issue of employees’ use of social networking sites like Facebook, Myspace and LinkedIn.
Read moreLimiting Collection of Driver’s Licence Information
Is there anything more annoying that 100 people ahead of you in line when you are trying to purchase that perfect holiday gift? Well what about while you are in the midst of your harried purchase, being asked to pull out your driver’s licence so the retailer can record the number? Not only can this be annoying, but it might also be a violation of your personal privacy.
Read moreCRTC begins dialogue on traffic shaping
Yesterday, the CRTC rendered its decision on ISP’s traffic shaping practices. It announced that it was denying the Canadian Internet Service Providers’ (CAIP) request that Bell Canada, which provides wholesale ADSL services to smaller ISPs across the country, cease the traffic-shaping practices it has adopted for its wholesale customers.
Read morePublic health and Google Trends
Huddled under a blanket in the quiet of your computer room, aching from head to toe, you decide do a quick Google search for flu remedies or maybe read more on the where the next flu clinic will be held. Congratulations – with Google’s help, you’ve just volunteered for the public health early warning system.
Read morePutting Privacy Issues in Perspective
Are you looking for the inside scoop on what the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) is doing to protect and promote privacy rights in Canada and abroad?
Read moreFreedom Not Fear Day
On October 11, In 22 cities across Europe, citizens demonstrated to express their concerns over what they see as the increasing growth in government-created surveillance societies. October 11 was Freedom Not Fear Day, organized by the German Working Group on Data Retention.
Read moreAnother important step towards protecting children’s online privacy
Last week, an important resolution brought forward by our office was passed at the International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners in Strasbourg, France. The resolution calls for an international effort to protect the privacy of children online.
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