Yuliya Talmazan reports: BC Civil Liberties Association is warning the public about a possibility of a privacy breach for people using Compass Cards. Micheal Vonn of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association claims it is possible to track travel history by simply obtaining a person’s Compass Card. Vonn says they are concerned about abusive partners, stalkers or…
Month: January 2016
Ontario court explicitly adopts new privacy tort: public disclosure of private facts
David Fraser writes on Canadian Privacy Law Blog: For anyone who was wondering: the arc of the common law is long and it bends towards privacy. The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has this past week expressly recognized the tort of “public disclosure of private facts”. This is a huge deal, as it explicitly expands the…
German court says Amazon e-mail ‘share’ function unlawful
Harro ten Wolde reports: A German court has declared unlawful a feature that encourages Amazon customers to share links to products of the online shop with their contacts, confirming the ruling of a lower court. The Amazon “share” feature invites customers to share a product via e-mail, Facebook, Twitter or Pintrest. The court said on Monday…
Big Pharma’s bet on Big Data creates opportunities and risks
John Miller reports: Novartis wants every puff of its emphysema drug Onbrez to go into the cloud. The Swiss drugmaker has teamed up with U.S. technology firm Qualcomm to develop an internet-connected inhaler that can send information about how often it is used to remote computer servers known as the cloud. This kind of new…