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[…] in the “discussion” but viewed the posting as inappropriate and reported it to the Director. 180 Further, the Office of the General Counsel concluded th ere was ample evidence to support the employer’s assertion that it would have discharged the therapist for ongoing performance issues regardless of her Facebook posting. 181 The Office of […]

The Future of Privacy Forum News in Review FPF Quick Clips “Even Without Legislation, Privacy Will Be a Hot Issue in 2012” Jules Polonetsky, Omer Tene and Christopher Wolf, Nation al Journal, January 5, 2012 “Privacy concerns and technological change: the legislative option” Jules Polonetsky and Christopher Wolf, The Hill’s Congress Blog, January 31, 2012 […]

Tip to Chris Soghoian for flagging the screenshot of the Do Not track consumer preference in the browser settings. Check it out here.

[…] and in the near term, we focus in this submission on ways in which online privacy can be enhanced within the existing framework. We believe there is ample room for improvement and innovation. For example, the results of a research study released by FPF earlier this year indicate that simplified and user- friendly methods […]

A  friend just flagged to us the following activity on the Mozilla message boards indicating the latest updates to the browser code that is the base for the Firefox browser will dramatically change the handling of third party cookies.  Comments by Dan Wittes, leader of the cookie module at Mozilla,  explain that the current default ‘accept third […]

We have done multiple blog posts warning about mis-use of flash cookies, so we are not going to harp on the issue again.  And although it is flattering to be called a watchdog, we are just a small consumer privacy and technology focused think tank focused on advancing responsible data use practices.  So if you […]

SmartPrivacy for the Smart Grid

SmartPrivacy for the Smart Grid: Embedding Privacy in the Design of Electricity Conservation

SmartPrivacy for the Smart Grid: Embedding Privacy in the Design of Electricity Conservation

November 2009 SmartPrivacy for the Smart Grid: Embedding Privacy into the Design of Electricity Conservation Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ontario, Canada 416-326-3333 1-800-387-0073 Fax: 416-325-9195 TTY (Teletypewriter): 416-325-7539 Website: www.ipc.on.ca Privacy by Design: www.privacybydesign.ca 2 Bloor Street East Suite 1400 Toronto, Ontario M4W 1A8 Canada Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ontario, Canada Acknowledgements The authors of […]