Issues of Interest to the Commissioner

From time to time, the Commissioner asks that stories, studies or articles of interest to the Access and Privacy community be posted to the website. 

Full-body scanners "useless", gov't told :  Friday April 23, Edmonton Journal

Undressing the Terror Threat, Wall Street Journal article related to airport security

SCAN:  The Surveillance Studies Centre:  From Queen's University, an in-depth study on surveillance camera history, trends and effectiveness. 

MacLean's article:  The Scary Truth about Airport Security - What works, what doesn't, and why body scanners aren't the answer

From itbusiness.ca:  UK Pushes Kill Switch on Biometric Passports, National ID Cards