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Overhaul the privacy law
Amagasaki :: Japan | about 9 hours ago
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Mizuho Fukushima, state minister in charge of consumer affairs, who has jurisdiction over the law, has rightfully called on the consumers' committee associated with the agency to review the law. The law, in principle, bars organizations that possess or...
Tags: Personal Information Protection Law, Japan, Amagasaki, Privacy, Personally identifiable information, Freedom of the press, Public records, Disaster Accident, Personal identification, Freedom of expression, Law, Law Crime
Crash victim says insurer adds insult to injury
Sydney :: Australia | about 16 hours ago
Credibility The woman, who has asked to remain anonymous, says the catch-all request could capture highly personal information such as psychologists' notes about a previous sexual assault. The Australian Medical Association says it is common for insurers to make...
Tags: GIO General Ltd, Australia, Sydney, Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Medical record, Chief privacy officer, Insurance, Identity management, Law, Privacy, Law Crime
U.S. targeting Hong Kong in tax evasion crackdown
Hong Kong :: China | about 18 hours ago
Credibility They are examining how much taxable money was moved to the former British colony that returned to China in 1997, whether accounts were based there in name only and what banks were involved, the people said. The push follows the government's success in...
Tags: Hong Kong, UBS AG, Hansruedi Schumacher, tax evasion, Jeffrey Chernick, Debriefings of Chernick, U.S. Internal Revenue Service, kong corporation, ubs clients, IRS, China, Finance, Primary dealers, Banking in Switzerland, Tax avoidance and tax evasion, International taxation, Offshore finance, Privacy, Business Finance
Police dob in drink driver to Air NZ
California City :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility 00 22/11/2009 An Air New Zealand flight attendant has lost her job after police caught her drink-driving outside work time – and then dobbed her in to her employer. Now her union has stepped in and is planning to lay a raft of complaints against police...
Tags: flight attendant, Air NZ, California City, Surveillance, Air safety, Privacy, Driving under the influence, Law enforcement, Security, Criminal law, Labor
Bill would require DNA sample from N.C. suspects
Gastonia :: NC :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Crime lab computers whir as DNA from the murder scene is compared to millions of suspect samples. A mug shot flashes across the screen, and detectives have the killer in handcuffs before the closing credits. The technology that turns television crime...
Tags: Wil Neumann, North Carolina, dna sample, N.C. Metropolitan Police Chiefs, Sarah Preston, Gastonia, Forensic software, Privacy, Combined DNA Index System, DNA profiling, DNA database, Biometrics, DNA, Personal identification, Law Crime
The case for a complete DNA database | Gavin Phillipson
London :: United Kingdom | 3 days ago
Credibility The case for a complete DNA database At the moment, the arbitrary process of adding to the database breeds injustice. Perhaps we owe it to society to all be included The national DNA database is once again being hotly debated. The government is now proposing...
Tags: dna database, dna evidence, United Kingdom, London, Biometrics, Personal identification, DNA profiling, National DNA database, United Kingdom National DNA Database, Forensic software, Privacy, DNA, Law Crime
Facebook aims to appease Cdn. privacy watchdog
Toronto :: Canada | 3 days ago
Credibility In this revision, we're fulfilling our commitment to the Privacy Commissioner of Canada to update our privacy policy to better describe a number of practices," wrote Elliot Schrage, Facebook's head of communications, on the site's official blog. "Specifically,...
Tags: Canada, Facebook, privacy commissioner, privacy policy, Toronto, Personally identifiable information, Social network service, Jennifer Stoddart, Criticism of Facebook, Online social networking, Privacy, Technology Internet
The Art of Compliance
Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility Post-9/11, we're accustomed to such indignities as removing our shoes in airports. Still, it would surprise some to learn that even arts groups -- galleries, dance troupes, puppet festivals -- often can't get funding until they affirm that they're not,...
Tags: patriot act, U.S. Treasury Department, compliance statement, art group, Pittsburgh, Non-profit organization, Terrorism, Foundation, University of Pittsburgh, Privacy, USA PATRIOT Act, Heinz Endowments
Transport coalition wants RFID project's full implementation
Manila :: Philippines | 3 days ago
Credibility Transport coalition wants RFID project's full implementation MANILA, November 19 (PNA) -- A coalition of various public transport organizations has signed a manifesto asking President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to order the full implementation of the Land...
Tags: LTO, RFID, United Transport Coalition, rfid project, Vigor Mendoza, Philippines, Manila, Ubiquitous computing, Wireless, Land Transportation Office, Radio-frequency identification, Automatic identification and data capture, Privacy
Courts Raise Bar on Reading Worker Email
Newark :: NJ :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility That is the message corporations routinely send their employees about using email. But recent cases have shown that employees sometimes have more privacy rights than they might expect when it comes to the corporate email server. Legal experts say that...
Tags: personal emails, emails account, New Jersey Supreme Court, Ms. Van Alstyne, employment issued, Newark, Yahoo!, Proofpoint Inc., Privacy, Employee monitoring, E-mail privacy, Human-computer interaction, Hypertext, World Wide Web, Law Crime, Labor
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