Drm Volating Laws?

[Dubh Aingeal]

DRM technology used in consumer media may be violating Canadian privacy laws, according to a new report. The study, done by University of Ottawa's Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic, found that a number of services like iTunes, Visio, and Symantec's North SystemWorks require too much personal information in order to verify their users. 'Another issue cited by study lead investigator David Fewer concerned the disclosure of DRM-collected personal information from users of Intuit's QuickTax software.

It wasn't the use of QuickTax itself that triggered the concern, but rather the use of Intuit's online filing service where we found buried in one of the disclosures the notice that, as an international corporation, Intuit would send information across the border, Fewer said.

[freydis]

'Another issue cited by study lead investigator David Fewer concerned the disclosure of DRM-collected personal information from users of Intuit's QuickTax software.

Yikes.... tax info?

[Scary Guy]

Don't you know, all the cool kids are calling it TPM now.