Federal privacy head to approach Google over linking secret, court-protected names to online coverage

The federal privacy commissioner will be approaching Google officials to obtain more information about how the company’s search engine can knit together the court-protected names of young offenders and victims with online news stories of their cases.
A spokeswoman for the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada said it was not previously aware of the issue.
While the issue raises potentially important privacy concerns, Anne-Marie Cenaiko said, the office has received no formal complai