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November 2006 Privacy links - RWBWiki
Continuing the privacy related links or the week, here are is 6th Nov-12th Nov (a little late because I’m in Germany Dusseldorf).
This weeks links include:
electronic voting
* Punchscan incorporates cryptography into e-voting
* Does technology help or hinder election integrity?
* […]

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One idea I had, particularly for people interested in finding out background information on data privacy, data retention, surveillance, and associated areas, was posting weekly links.
So, this is number 1.
There are two ways I can do this: 1) post a link to the wiki entry I use, or 2) […]

Conor Ryan of the Examiner has a piece in todays paper on Privacy International’s Freedom Of Information survey released yesterday.
03 November 2006
Fears of threat to personal information
By Conor Ryan
LEGISLATION enacted by the Government has seriously damaged an individual’s right to keep their personal information private, according to an international civil rights watchdog.
It has also eroded […]

PI Releases Freedom of Information Around the World 2006 Report

[UPDATE:] A very useful graphic on the breakdown of countries.

Privacy International have released their 2006 world report on Freedom Of Information survey on access to government information laws. The report provides a review of FOI laws practices and policies from 70 countries worldwide.
As to be expected, […]

From today’s Sunday Business Post:
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“The communications regulator, Comreg, is examining the use of wholesale information by telecoms providers in their use of wholesale information by telecoms providers in their attempts to win back customers from rival operators.
Earlier this month The Sunday Business Post reported that some disconnected Smart customers had been approached by Eircom salespeople, […]

Further to Digital Rights Ireland decision on the SWIFT transfer private data being given to the US authorities, The Register has the story that
Swiss banks broke privacy laws over SWIFT transfers: data chief | The Register
Hanspeter Thür, the Federal Data Protection Commissioner of Switzerland, said the banks broke data protection laws when they failed […]

As noticed in today’s Irish Times (registration required).
Government launches new biometric passports
” A passport with an integrated computer chip holding a copy of the holder’s photo and other passport information was unveiled today by the Department of Foreign Affairs.
The new biometric passport is the same as a normal passport, with the exception of the computer […]

Tomorrow morning (Wednesday morning 2nd August) TJ McIntyre, the Chairman of Digital Rights Ireland will be involved in a radio discussion, on The Today Show on RTE Radio 1 with Noel Dempsey, Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, and Karlin Lillington, Irish Times journalist on the topic of Data Retention.
The radio show will be […]