David Jacobson: Canada

Fingerprints Dept: It means the fingerprints and photo of someone who hopes to visit, study or work in Canada could be passed to Washington, which in turn might share them with another country to help verify the person's identity, according to CTV. At a ceremony to sign the information-sharing agreement, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney and U.S. ambassador David Jacobson stressed that the information would be handled with due regard for privacy and oTTAWA -- A newly signed agreement says the United States will be allowed to share biometric information about visa applicants to Canada with third countries. The federal privacy commissioner's office has raised concerns that such personal information provided by Canada could end up in countries that have a poor human rights record, endangering the applicant or their family. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.