Radio Frequency Identification Tags: Two Perspectives
On the second day of the Terra Incognita conference, we had the opportunity to hear about recent innovations in radio frequency identification tags (RFIDs).
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A friend of a friend of a friend knows you’re on vacation
As part of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner’s outreach effort, we are exploring other vehicles for communicating important privacy issues. We have already begun this blog, are experimenting with videos on YouTube and Google Video, and now have finished a Flash presentation.
Read moreBritish PM speaks on liberty and privacy
Last week, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown spoke on the subject of liberty – a wide ranging speech that touched on British constitutional history as well as modern concepts of liberty, privacy and access to information.
Read moreHow children’s sites see your kids as marketing goldmines
On the second day of our conference, Professor Valerie Steeves spoke about how children interact with popular sites like Webkinz, Neopets and Barbie Girls. We have already provided a brief summary of her presentation and her fellow speakers on the subject, but thought you would like to see her speech. The presentation deck she used for her speech, and to which she refers, is also available online.
Read moreSecretary Chertoff speaks on privacy and security
As we mentioned several weeks ago, Michael Chertoff spoke at the opening session of the 29th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners.
Read morePrivacy Act: Creating a Modern Law for the 21st Century
Parliament passed Canada’s public sector privacy law back in 1982 – the same year the Commodore 64 computer hit the market. At the time, both were considered pioneering.
Read moreSocial Networking and Privacy
Chatting, texting, blogging and spending time on sites like Facebook and Myspace are part of everyday life for millions of students.
Read morePrivacy by design
Dr. Ann Cavoukian, the Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner, recently spoke to the Computer Science Club at the University of Waterloo. (video available in several formats)
Read moreFleischer on Google, Privacy and Consumer
We heard from Peter Fleischer, the Chief Privacy Officer for search company Google, on Friday.
Read moreAnother point of view on data retention
Stepping away from the privacy advocate’s point of view, I point you to a blog post by Patricia Seybold. She discusses, at length, how Google and other search engines are dealing with questions about privacy and data retention. Importantly, she provides us all with a clear explanation of what data she expects to be retained from her online activities, and what she expects can be done with that data:
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