Day: January 6, 2010

Privacy Commissioner states that full body scanners can avoid data protection problems

Dr. Anne Cavoukian, the Privacy Commissioner for Ontario, is a leading expert on Privacy by Design and the use of technology to protect privacy. Last year, she published a report into “Whole Body Imaging in Airport Scanners” which has become especially prescient as Gordon Brown rushes to introduce the technology into UK Airports. In her report (reference at end), Dr Cavoukian states that the “privacy-invasive potential” of these scanners can be addressed if privacy enhancing techniques are designed into the

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