My colleagues and friends at Privacy Laws and Business in the UK are pointing to a recent release by Britain’s Information Commissioner’s Office to help understand the limits on privacy expectations. The document is designed to help data protection practitioners decide whether data falls within the definition of personal data in circumstances where this is not obvious.
The information guide is especially timely, given last week’s release of a report on the April 16 Virginia Tech shooting rampage by student Seung-Hui Cho. According to news reports,
Virginia Tech officials missed numerous indications of Cho’s problems because they misinterpreted federal privacy laws as forbidding any exchange of a student’s mental health information.
Understanding bounds on personal privacy rights and expectations is critical for individuals and business alike.
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