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5 unusual facts about Privacy


International Safe Harbor Privacy Principles

The European Union has for many years had a formalised system of Privacy legislation, which is regarded as more rigorous than that found in many other areas of the world.

Nexor

The primary application was PEM, a forerunner of S/MIME and SEEOTI.

Privacy

Robert Ellis Smith, 2004, "Ben Franklin's Web Site, Privacy and Curiosity from Plymouth Rock to the Internet," Providence: Privacy Journal.

Search and seizure

This right is generally based on the premise that everyone is entitled to a reasonable right to privacy.

Tripartite Floor Plan

The tripartite floor plan is a linear arrangement of three spaces moving from public to private, and was used extensively in both domestic and religious buildings in Ancient Egypt.


Abduction of Jakub Fiszman

From prison, Rainer Körppen has filed suits against various German media, including the Berliner Zeitung, the Hessischer Rundfunk and the Norddeutscher Rundfunk, claiming that the reproduction of his full name in the online archives of the media coverage about his crime is in violation of his right to privacy.

Adam Joinson

In 2010, Joinson spoke with The Daily Telegraph about his belief that social media may have negative effects on privacy and intimacy levels between people.

Ariane Friedrich

Controversy arose in 2012 when she named an alleged stalker on Facebook, potentially violating German privacy laws.

Ashkan Soltani

In 2011, he testified at two different hearings held by US Senate committees focused on privacy related matters.

Attack of the Killer App

Fry asks, "Since when is the internet about robbing people of their privacy?", to which Bender replies, "August 6th, 1991", which is the date that Tim Berners-Lee announced the World Wide Web project and software on the newsgroup alt.hypertext.

California Coastal Records Project

The project was sued by Barbra Streisand, who claimed they infringed upon her privacy by displaying photographs of her Malibu home.

Canadian privacy law

The next major change to the Canadian privacy laws came in 1985 in the form of the Access to Information Act.

Counterintelligence Field Activity

In addition, the Supreme Court of the United States found in Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) the right to privacy against government intrusion was protected by the "penumbras" of other Constitutional provisions.

David Carnegie, 14th Earl of Northesk

In the House of Lords, he spoke on topics relating to civil liberties and privacy, and spoke out against the Identity Cards Act 2006 and new online copyright laws such as those contained in the Digital Economy Act 2010.

Deborah Peel

Deborah C. Peel, American physician and national speaker on health privacy

Director of National Intelligence Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies

The group included former counter-terrorism czar Richard A. Clarke, former Acting CIA director Michael Morell, University of Chicago Law professor Geoffrey Stone, former administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Cass Sunstein and former Chief Counselor for Privacy in the Office of Management and Budget Peter Swire.

DPPA

Driver's Privacy Protection Act, a 1994 federal U.S. law concerning privacy of DMV information

Fourth Amendment

Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, part of the Bill of Rights, prohibiting unreasonable searches, seizures, and recognizing Americans' natural right of privacy.

Garry Hoy

Although the name, date, and location were changed to protect his privacy, this death was featured in the American television show 1000 Ways to Die on Spike TV.

Gedhun Choekyi Nyima

In May 2007, Asma Jahangir, Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief of the UN Human Rights Council, asked the Chinese authorities what measures they had taken to implement the recommendation of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, that the government should allow an independent expert to visit and confirm the well-being of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima while respecting his right to privacy, and that of his parents.

GlobalPOV

The Editor-in-Chief is technologist and privacy expert David H. Holtzman.

Hans Jørgen Lysglimt

In 1999, he founded the Runbox e-mail company, which has worked on issues of personal privacy and surveillance.

I Never Said Goodbye

"Privacy" was inspired by several run-ins that Hagar had with the California Highway Patrol while driving in his car with black-tinted windows.

Information sensitivity

Data privacy concerns exist in various aspects of daily life wherever personal data is stored and collected, such as on the internet, in medical records, financial records, and expression of political opinions.

Information wants to be free

Other participants in this network include Cypherpunks who educate people to use public-key cryptography to protect the privacy of their messages from corporate or governmental snooping and programmers who write free software and open source code.

Instant WebKiosk

Instant WebKiosk/UB, Unrestricted Browsing, is a live, browser-only (only browser interface will show up) operating system designed for web kiosks and multi-user web workstations: it is a fully customizable operating system for Internet browsing purposes, which protects privacy; users can change its settings but after a reset the operating system defaults to original values, except for persistent settings.

ISight

In the 2010 Robbins v. Lower Merion School District "WebcamGate" case, plaintiffs charged two suburban Philadelphia high schools with secretly spying on students – by surreptitiously activating iSight webcams embedded in MacBook laptops issued to students – infringing on their privacy rights.

Jennifer Stoddart

In 2008 she drew international headlines when she announced an investigation into the privacy policies of Facebook, which resulted in the social media site instituting privacy protections for its users.

Law enforcement

While, theoretically relying on Michel Foucault’s theory of discipline and governmentality, as well as related insights in the social control literature, this paper examines Project Carnivore relative to the larger context of state rationality and related privacy issues.

Collectively labeled as the War on Terror, the scope of such laws, policies and directives are challenged by civil rights organizations and numerous legislators for lack of definitional precision, arbitrary application of sanctions, and violation of privacy laws.

Leonard Abramson

In the late 1990s, Abramson sued Inside Edition for invading his privacy when the news show covertly videotaped him and his family at their Jupiter, Florida home, as part of an expose on the lifestyles of wealthy HMO executives.

Nadim Kobeissi

Kobeissi is also known for discovering a privacy issue in Windows 8, in which the operating system automatically reported to Microsoft what applications users were installing in an insecure fashion.

Narcisa de Jesús

Narcisa then moved to the city of Cuenca where she went from home to home, living with whoever would take her including the Blessed Mercedes de Jesús Molina to allow herself greater privacy for prayer and penance.

Official Payments Corporation

Official Payments Corporation is a licensee of the TRUSTe® Privacy Seal Program.

Propertarianism

David Boaz writes that the "propertarian approach to privacy," both morally and legally, has ensured Americans' privacy rights.

R. v. Sharpe

That opinion, issued by Justice Duncan Shaw, held that the law was what he called a "profound invasion" of rights of privacy and freedom of expression found in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Robert Rebhan

He is known for his strong advocacy of consumer protection and privacy issues, particularly in the state of California, having worked with the California State Assembly, the Los Angeles City Council, the California Employment Development Department and the San Fernando Valley Employer Advisory Council.

Royal Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada

Recommendation 11 – Amendments should be made to the Criminal Code of Canada to protect Canadians’ privacy and to explicitly prevent the abuse or misuse of personal health information, with violations in this area considered a criminal offense.

Se og Hør

Arild Aspøy's Kjæresten fridde på dopapir: Se og Hør og kampen om privatlivet (1995; ISBN 9788203261091) explores issues of privacy raised by the magazine's editorial practices.

Section Eight of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Warrantless wiretapping can sometimes be justified under section 1 of the Charter'' in cases where exigent circumstances exist; however the Supreme Court of Canada found in R. v. Tse, 2012 SCC 16 that when police use such tactics, they must promptly notify the individual whose reasonable expectation of privacy has been infringed.

Seychelles Coast Guard

In May 2011, the SCG helped to protect the privacy of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during their honeymoon on the North Island.

St Paul's Church, Wordsworth Avenue

While the altar is screened to give it some privacy from the big end window by a hardwood panel made from African Teak .

Telepharmacy

In addition to the computer hardware required for patient data storage, distribution and teleconferencing, telepharmacy programs must deploy network security tools and procedures adequate to protect patient medical information in compliance with HIPAA and other patient privacy regulations.

The Old Rectory, Croscombe

In 2014 it was announced by the Church Commissioners that the house would be purchased, for £900,000 as a residence for Peter Hancock the incoming Bishop of Bath and Wells as an alternative to living at the traditional Bishop's Palace in Wells, to provide him with more privacy.

United States v. Extreme Associates

On January 20, 2005, District Court Judge Gary L. Lancaster dropped the charges, agreeing with the defense that the federal anti-obscenity statutes were unconstitutional, as they violated a person's fundamental right to possess and view whatever they want in the privacy of their own home.

United States v. Ross

It attempts to preclude arguments that certain types of containers are more or less "worthy" of privacy protection than others, poetically stating that "... the most frail cottage in the kingdom is absolutely entitled to the same guarantees of privacy as the most majestic mansion" (derived from an earlier Supreme Court quote which was in turn attributed to William Pitt).

USA.gov

The site also follows requirements of the Privacy Act, the Federal Information Security Management Act, and other privacy and security requirements.

Veterans Affairs Canada

In October 2010, Canada’s Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart uncovered evidence that widespread privacy abuses had been occurring at Veterans Affairs Canada.

Video game content rating system

The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is a self-regulatory organization that assigns age and content ratings, enforces industry-adopted advertising guidelines, and ensures responsible online privacy principles for computer and video games and other entertainment software in Canada and the United States.


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