Information Privacy is an International concern. Today, most countries have laws protecting personal data from misuse and destruction. Regulation and enforcement of data protection varies from country to country. However, despite such differences, almost every country uses the same basic privacy concepts and principles– notice, access, consent, data integrity, disclosure and accountability– to develop data protection [...]
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Safe Harbor is an advantageous agreement between the United States and the European Union that governs the protection of data during transfer from the E.U. to the U.S. American companies wishing to do business with companies in the E.U. may receive certification, stating they have implemented data protection principles that are similar and equal to those of the E.U. Data Protection Directive, and are then allowed unrestricted data transfers with entities in the E.U. Recently, the FTC– the U.S. body governing enforcement of Safe Harbor– has begun to crack down on U.S. companies claiming Safe Harbor compliance, but failing to implement the required protection standards. Multi-national companies must now take a strong look at their privacy policies and notices to ensure they are Safe Harbor compliant and avoid Federal [...] Another EU data protection commissioner has determined Google is not sufficiently protecting their citizens’ privacy. Google introduced their Street View system last week in Switzerland and, according to the Swiss Data Protection Commissioner Hanspeter Thür, the pictures do not sufficiently anonymize [...] Google’s Street View faces issues in both Japan and Greece. In Japan, Google’s cameras were mounted too high and took pictures inside of local homes. In Greece, there are questions on how well Google complies with the EU Data Protection [...] Amazon and Wikimedia will sidestep the storm brewing around Phorm and the British ISP’s. Last week, after the announcement by the European Commission that charges would be brought against the United Kingdom for failing to conform to the EU Data Protection Directive, both Amazon UK and Wikimedia announced they will not participate in the behavioral advertising vendor’s [...] The British Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas began prosecution of Ian Kerr, a private investigator used extensively within the UK construction business. An investigation of Mr. Kerr revealed he compiled a database of 3,213 workers used by 40 construction companies for vetting potential employees, with, according to Commissioner Thomas, documents that “… show that files on individuals included comments on individuals such as ‘communist party’, ‘ex-shop steward, definite problems, no go’, ‘do not touch’, ‘orchestrated strike action’ and ‘lazy and a [...] The Europeans value privacy; it is a fundamental human right in their eyes. The European Commission began legal action against the United Kingdom Tuesday for failure to “ensure, among other things, the confidentiality of communications by prohibiting interception and surveillance without the user’s [...] Finland will collect all their citizens’ fingerprints, store them in a central database and include them in passport ID chips. Singapore’s been doing this for several years, and the parallels and privacy implications are deeper than [...] The Protect America Act. Another perfect example of how government regulations and piece meal privacy protections affect the American populous. And most of us don’t even know it. People check their credit scores, and deal with the occasional letter from their bank or TJX telling them their personally identifiable information was compromised. Sometimes a newspaper prints an article surrounding the warrant violations, or a case is sensationalized on Law and Order. Until now, the Internet was a safer haven. One of the things that’s come up during my CIPP preparation is the European Union’s approach to [...] |
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