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- November 8th, 2008
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sherbert has posted a new entry on: Ghosts in the Machine
CCTV is not the best way to combat crime
British Columbia’s provincial government is planning to spend one million dollars on a pilot CCTV project to help combat crime in Vancouver, Kelowna and Surrey. According to the province’s Sol…
- October 25th, 2008
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sherbert has posted a new entry on: Ghosts in the Machine
PIPEDA: Guidelines for Covert Video Surveillance
A manager at a railway company uses the zoom lens on cameras, installed for the purpose of monitoring train movements, to watch two employees leaving company property during regular working hours wi…
- October 13th, 2008
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sherbert has posted a new entry on: Ghosts in the Machine
Private eye Steve Rambam: Privacy is dead
Private investigator Steve Rambam has worked on a number of high-profile cases in his 25 year career, including tracking down Nazi war criminals in Canada. In a recent interview with Computerworld, Ra…
- October 6th, 2008
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sherbert has posted a new entry on: Ghosts in the Machine
October is Public Library Month in British Columbia
According to B.C. Library Association executive director Alane Wilson, more than 98 per cent of British Columbians live in an area that is served by a public library, and this year's theme for Libr…
- September 30th, 2008
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sherbert has posted a new entry on: Ghosts in the Machine
“Radical Pragmatism” : Privacy by design
Privacy protection must be built into new technologies right from inception, according to Ontario’s Privacy Commissioner, Ann Cavoukian. In a paper she delivered yesterday at the University of Wate…
- September 14th, 2008
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sherbert has posted a new entry on: Ghosts in the Machine
Tasteless Twittering: Newspaper tweets details of child’s funeral
The decision by the Rocky Mountain News to broadcast continuous, live updates to Twitter of the details of the funeral of a three-year old boy has caused a storm of controversy among ethicists, journa…
- September 10th, 2008
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sherbert has posted a new entry on: Ghosts in the Machine
Google Responds to Privacy Concerns with Chrome
Google plans to anonymize the IP addresses and cookies that track users when they enter search terms or URLs into Google’s new browser, Chrome. Privacy advocates have been concerned about the poten…
- August 23rd, 2008
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sherbert has posted a new entry on: Ghosts in the Machine
Privacy Mode Planned for IE8
Internet Explorer 8, due for release later this year, will incorporate a private browsing feature. According to CNET, Microsoft registered two trademarks in July which point to privacy functionality…
