|
Date |
Article Title |
Publication |
Author |
Synopsis |
|
6/24/2010 |
Argentine rights leader
defends DNA database |
Associated Press |
Michael Warren |
A
leading human rights activist in Argentina is speaking
out in support of the National Genetics Bank as a tool
in the efforts of the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo
to find children stolen from prisoners of the
dictatorship between 1976 and 1983. |
|
6/4/2010 |
Argentine adoptees defend
right to not know their past |
Toronto Star |
Michael Warren |
Argentina's National Genetics Bank was set to begin
extracting DNA yesterday from the clothing of two
citizens who are alleged to have been adopted illegally
during the country's Dirty War from 1976 to 1983. |
|
5/4/2010 |
Mexican Congress Passes
Sweeping Data-Protection Bill |
Latin American Herald Tribune |
|
Those convicted of selling confidential personal data
collected by the government will face up to five years
in prison under Mexico's new Federal Data Protection
Act. |
|
4/30/2010 |
Mexico passes Federal
Data Protection Act |
IAPP |
Lena Ornelas |
Mexico's Senate unanimously approved the Federal Data
Protection Act. |
|
3/26/2010 |
Phorm Launches Commercial
Operation in Brazil |
ClickZ |
Jack Marshall |
Behavioral advertising company Phorm has partnered with
five Internet service providers (ISPs) in Brazil and has
secured millions in pre-booked ad revenue. |
|
11/20/2009 |
Argentina forces dirty
war orphans to provide DNA |
Associated Press |
Mayra Pertossi |
DNA technology has helped identify nearly 20 percent of
Argentina's dirty war orphans--those who were kidnapped
as babies during the country's turbulent Dirty War,
1976-1983. |
|
6/28/2009 |
Costa Rica:
Future Law on Data Protection in Costa Rica |
Internet Business Law Services |
Data Protection Review |
The Legislative Assembly's Legal Matters Committee has
voted in favour of a data protection bill--the Law on
Individual's Protection against Personal Data Treatment. |
|
5/4/2009 |
Brazil health cameras irk
staff |
BBC News |
Gary Duffy |
Officials may pursue legal action against a mayor who
installed cameras in a health centre to monitor customer
service. |
|
3/31/2009 |
FBI: Thousands of PR
children victims of ID theft |
Denver Post |
|
The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday announced
that the personal information of 7,000 public school
children in Puerto Rico was stolen by members of an
identity theft ring. |
|
11/27/2008 |
Feds Abandon Effort To
Obtain Records Of Online Book Purchases |
USA Today |
Ryan Foley |
U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen Crocker ruled that
customers have a First Amendment right to keep their
reading habits to themselves. The ruling led federal
prosecutors to withdraw a subpoena that sought to obtain
the identities of consumers who bought used books
through Amazon.com. |
|
11/27/2008 |
Feds Abandon Effort To
Obtain Records Of Online Book Purchases |
USA Today |
Ryan Foley |
U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen Crocker ruled that
customers have a First Amendment right to keep their
reading habits to themselves. The ruling led federal
prosecutors to withdraw a subpoena that sought to obtain
the identities of consumers who bought used books
through Amazon.com. |
|
12/20/2007 |
European Consumer Groups
Ramp Up Pressure To Achieve Privacy Review Of Google-DoubleClick
Deal |
Info World |
Paul Meller |
A
consumer group, joined by three national associations,
yesterday warned the European Commission that Google's
proposed acquisition of online advertising company
DoubleClick would weaken consumer privacy and increase
prices for online goods and services. |
|
12/20/2007 |
European Consumer Groups
Ramp Up Pressure To Achieve Privacy Review Of Google-DoubleClick
Deal |
Info World |
Paul Meller |
A
consumer group, joined by three national associations,
yesterday warned the European Commission that Google's
proposed acquisition of online advertising company
DoubleClick would weaken consumer privacy and increase
prices for online goods and services. |
|
12/12/2007 |
Government Launches Data
Protection Website |
 The
Bahama Journal |
Lindsay Thompson |
The government has officially launched its premier
website for the Office of the Data Protection
Commissioner, an aim to defend the privacy of personal
information. |
|
12/12/2007 |
Government Launches Data
Protection Website |
The Bahama Journal |
Lindsay Thompson |
The government has officially launched its premier
website for the Office of the Data Protection
Commissioner, an aim to defend the privacy of personal
information. |
|
8/3/2007 |
Mexico, IT & Telecoms,
Online Personal Data Protection |
Mondaq |
|
This Mondaq News
story explores the issues related to the pursuit of a
data protection law in Mexico that achieves a balance
between data protection and the free flow of information
for commerce. |
