ALBERTA’S PRIVACY OFFICIAL INVESTIGATES TRASHED
RECORDS
According to a report
by Brookes Merritt, posted on Oct 31st to the website of The
Edmonton Sun, Alberta’s Information and Privacy Commissioner is
investigating how records in the custody of a government employee ended up in a
dumpster.
The report states that
hundreds of foster care documents containing the personal information of several
local-area foster families and their foster children were recovered from a
dumpster after being discovered by a person scavenging there.
The employee has stated
the records were stolen from her vehicle and tossed in the rubbish by the
thief.
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ONTARIO PRIVACY COMMISSIONER
HONOURED
 Dr. Ann Cavoukian (picture left), Ontario’s Information and
Privacy Commissioner, was honoured with an award marking her selection as one of
Canada’s most powerful women.
The Women’s Executive
Network, in its annual list of the top 100 most powerful women in Canada, named
the Commissioner as one of the honourees in the “Trailblazers and Trendsetters”
category for her groundbreaking work in protecting privacy. Dr. Cavoukian, who
has won a number of awards both in Canada and internationally, is recognized as
one of the leading privacy experts in the world.
Dr. Cavoukian,
Ontario’s first Information and Privacy Commissioner to be re-appointed to a
second term, joined the office during its start-up phase 20 years ago. She has
also played very prominent roles on a number of international committees and in
working with international organizations.
A firm believer in the
role that technology can play in protecting privacy, Dr. Cavoukian and her
office, often in conjunction with major corporations, have developed a long list
of tools, policy papers and other material that both government organizations
and the private sector can use to protect privacy. Her mantra of “privacy by
design” has now become part of the lexicon in seeking technology-based solutions
to protecting privacy.
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CHINA’S E-WASTE RECYCLING REMAINS A BIG
PROBLEM
An article by Christopher Bodeen of the Associated Press
posted to the Newsday.com website on November 18th, describes the
deplorable environmental situation regarding e-recycling in China.
The article begins by
detailing how people actually sit alongside their homes, smashing cathode ray
tubes and burning wires and motherboards to reclaim the metal.
The
article also reports on the 5-year effort to rectify the situation, which has
largely failed.
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DATA PROTECTION IS A GROWING CONCERN IN
UNITED KINGDOM
 According to an article posted to computing.co.uk on November 14th, a
survey conducted by the United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)
showed UK citizens now consider protecting their personal information as the
second most socially important issue. It ranked as more important than national
security or environmental issues.
UK Information
Commissioner Richard Thomas (picture left) reportedly stated that he
was encouraged that British citizens are putting more importance on this issue.
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NEW CANADIAN ASSISTANT PRIVACY
COMMISSIONER APPOINTED
 On November 1, 2007, Elizabeth Denham
(picture left) was appointed to the
position of Assistant Privacy Commissioner of Canada by the Minister of Justice
and Attorney General of Canada, on the recommendation of the Privacy
Commissioner Jennifer Stoddard.
Ms. Denham was most recently Director of Research, Analysis and
Stakeholder Relations with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner. She had been
the Director, Private Sector, responsible for the enforcement of Alberta’s new
Personal Information Protection Act.
From 2001 to 2003, Ms. Denham ran her own privacy policy consulting
business, with clients in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Ottawa.
Working with the Calgary Health Region from 1997-2001, she held the positions of
Information and Privacy Coordinator and Director, Legal and Regulatory Affairs.
Previously, she headed the Archives of the City of Calgary and the City
of Richmond, B.C. Ms. Denham holds a Masters of Arts and a Bachelor of Arts from
the University of British Columbia.
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2008 NAID-CANADA CONFERENCE
SESSIONS
NAID-Canada has
released the schedule of its 2008 Annual Conference, including details of many
of the presenters. The annual one-event conference, which focuses on issues
related to the proper disposal of information, will be held at the Sutton Place
Hotel next February 14th. In its 4th year, the conference traditionally attracts
records managers, security directors, human resource professional, attorneys and
others who are interested in the latest regulations and trends dealing with
protecting information at what may be its most vulnerable point – when it is
discarded.
Among the sessions
included in the event are:
- Information Stewardship:
Establishing a Solid Chain of Custody
- Computer Disposal
Options: A Technology and Security Update
- The Inside Job:
Information Destruction and Employee Compliance
- What Went Wrong - Case
Histories of High-Profile Information Disposal
Problems
Included among the
scheduled presenters and panelists already lined up are Paul Taylor of
Securit® Records Management, Joseph Bozic of dataXile Corp, Ryk
Edelstein of Converge Net Inc, Bob Haskins of Gigabiter, Inc., Derek Knights,
CPP, of Sun Life Financial and Ric Handren, CPP, of the Royal Bank of
Canada.
Click here to request more
information on the only annual conference dealing with issues related to proper
and secure information destruction.
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