European Court targets database samples - United Press International
LONDON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The European Court of Human Rights says fingerprint and DNA samples obtained from individuals who were never convicted should be removed from databases. The court ruled Thursday that samples from suspects acquitted of charges ...
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/04/European_Court_targets_database_samples/UPI-33471228411565/
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Police Investigations - Chicago Tribune
Dylene Zolikoff says she continues to weep for a son killed in a northern Lower Michigan car accident nearly 22 years ago. Now, the Kingsley woman is mourning the death of a second of her four sons. The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports Marc ...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/crime-law-justice/police/police-investigations/02003002.topic
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Police issue warrant after serious assault - Winnipeg Sun
Police say the man knows the woman and violently assaulted her, causing serious but non-life-threatening injuries to her upper body. Daily Newspapers - Toronto Sun - Calgary Sun - Ottawa Sun - Edmonton Sun - Winnipeg Sun - London Free Press - 24 ...
http://www.winnipegsun.com/News/Winnipeg/2008/12/04/7631461.html
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Privacy given 'short shrift' in passport offices: Report - Calgary Herald
OTTAWA - Privacy and security problems at Canada's passport offices add up to a "significant risk" for Canadians applying for passports, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada found in an audit released Thursday. The audit, part of the commissioner's ...
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=1031548
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DNA ruling a privacy victory? - Channel 4 News
Genetic records of almost a million people without a current criminal record may have to be destroyed after a ruling by the European court of human rights. The court has ruled that keeping the DNA and fingerprints of two British men was a breach of ...
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/society/law_order/dna+ruling+a+privacy+victory/2866002
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Passport issues risk privacy - Globe and Mail
OTTAWA — Canadians applying for passports face serious security risks because of weaknesses in every step of the process, the federal privacy watchdog says. Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart found problems in how personal information is ...
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081204.wpassport1204/BNStory/National/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20081204.wpassport1204
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Britain's DNA database violates privacy: court - Reuters
STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - Britain violated the privacy of two people by storing their DNA profiles, Europe's human rights court ruled on Thursday, a decision that calls into question rules governing the use of the country's DNA database. British ...
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE4B347M20081204
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Sloppiness at passport offices put Canadians' privacy at risk: report - CBC News
A review by Canada's federal privacy commissioner has found passport offices failed to adequately protect consumers' personal information, noting passport applications were stored in clear plastic bags and sensitive documents were thrown in trash ...
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2008/12/04/privacy-passports.html
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Court says DNA database violates privacy - Reuters UK
STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - Europe's human rights court ruled on Thursday that Britain had violated two people's privacy by storing their DNA profiles, even though they had not been convicted of a crime. The decision calls into question rules ...
http://uk.reuters.com/article/wtMostRead/idUKTRE4B33XW20081204
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ACLU Briefs Key House Committee on Privacy - WebWire
WASHINGTON – The House Homeland Security Committee hosted a series of roundtable discussions today to consider the future of privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties at the Department of Homeland Security. Chairman Bennie Thompson invited ...
http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=81571
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