Sentences with phrase «for public harm»

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Canada's digital privacy laws should focus on preventing «concrete harm,» not abstract concepts of autonomy and human dignity, and should minimize the compliance burden on businesses, according to a new report from the Macdonald - Laurier Institute for Public Policy.

Yet not for a century have public policies so blatantly helped the most fortunate among us, so cruelly harmed the least fortunate, and exposed so many average working Americans to such widespread insecurity.

Any failure to develop or maintain effective controls, or any difficulties encountered in their implementation or improvement, could harm our operating results, cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations, result in a restatement of our financial statements for prior periods or adversely affect the results of management evaluations and independent registered public accounting firm audits of our internal control over financial reporting that we will eventually be required to include in our periodic reports that will be filed with the SEC.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

At the same time, the community should advocate for necessary change and self - regulate in areas where there are significant risks of public harm that have not been addressed by current law.

Well it is true that some people seek sorcerers to implement Jinn that are satanic demons into mankind or his house or his business to finish him or make his life miserable or to stop flow of his business income... In such case it is either you are religious enough and say your prayers often then it becomes hard for this to harm you or otherwise you need to find some one who practice exorcism to remove this evil... But many are just pretending to be good at it and help you not but squeeze money out of you with tales and stories... There is another type of possessions and that is not through a sorcerer but directly by coincidence what man is at his weakest moments and those weakest moments for a possessions are when you come through a great fear or when cry or laugh loudly in hysteria, or during a certain moment of mating... or even when sneezing loudly... That's why there are prayers to be said on daily basis to guard you from such things and specially if passing haunted places such as deserted houses but most evil ones are residents of public toilets and market places... Some of them even would claim that you have made a wrong action by which you have killed a dear one to them and for that they have possessed you and that is mostly night time such as throwing a cigaret butt to a dark place or stepping killing an insect or even an animal at night which could have been one of them or possessed by one of them... So this is true thing happening to many who suffer unexplainable illnesses or sufferings which could look like mental illness that comes and goes as pleased...

if Julie's sole purpose is to harm Tony's reputation, is there a blog out there that she's been hosting for all of these years to continually pump this information out to the general public?

Now as an American you can respect his freedom of speech, however, when he took on a job of representing your company his personal life now became a public problem and is now causing you financial harm so hopefully you would fire him and then sue him for every customer he chased away.

At first glance, this answer is scandalous in a liberal culture, which promises freedom for freedom's sake, limited only by external considerations of public utility and to prevent harm to others.

Difficulties for women who choose to formula feed under such a system must be weighed against the fact that free and easily accessible formula leads to unnecessarily supplementation and the harm that this causes to public health.

I doubt they're likely to do her much harm, but they do show a good tool for taking the wind out of future Swift Boaters» sails: humor, something of which the 2004 public version of John Kerry was essentially incapable.

With the nation still reeling from the harm caused by underregulated markets, conservatives are using city and state budget crises to call for across - the - board privatization, entrusting unaccountable private companies with an ever greater share of the public good.

For one, the Rosia Montana initiative breaches the Lisbon precautionary principle, which states that policy can not harm the public or environment.

The British public, or at least the media that serve them, seem to only have enough attention span for one scandal at a time, and it will do no harm to the Murdoch empire to overshadow the Leveson Inquiry with another scandal.

It should punish Silver for the vast harm he has caused and the position of trust that he exploited, deter other elected officials from the temptation towards corruption, and communicate to the public that the rule of law applies even to the most prominent of public officials.»

ALBANY, NY (02/24/2012)(readMedia)-- The New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) will hold a press conference Monday morning in Rochester to discuss concerns about the potential harm to individuals, families, neighborhoods and the Rochester economy that may arise from state efforts to close Monroe Developmental Center and some group homes for the developmentally disabled.

That makes six - two for violent disorder, one for actual bodily harm, one for public order and one for assault of a police officer.

These include: · Restricting trade hours of on - licence venues to limit the availability of alcohol in the early hours of the morning · Enhancing community involvement, better facilitating the engagement of local residents with licensing systems · Adding / prioritising public health and / or harm minimisation objectives in alcohol legislation · Restricting the sales of high risk products in areas of concern; and · Deprioritising government support for industry voluntary schemes in place of policies supported by evidence.

Now, it's time for the governor and Legislature to step up and protect public education from great harm, and to ensure the theme of «shared sacrifice» includes all New Yorkers, including the most affluent.»

«New York State United Teachers today issued early endorsements to three incumbent state senators who have reliably stood with parents and educators in fighting for fair and equitable funding while vigorously opposing the climate of over-testing that is harming students and public schools,» NYSUT said in a statement.

«Ford's short - lived challenge to Gillibrand not only did her no harm, it may have even solidified her support among Democrats,» says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.

If the law won't let him oust this bunch for harming the parade for political gain, he should at least offer a public apology.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner says the city will be testing for lead in water in each of the city's public schools to make sure no high lead levels are lurking that could harm children.

Kirsty Williams AM has slammed the Labour government for trying to ban the use of e-cigarettes despite evidence saying this could harm public health.

The law broadened the definition of banned assault weapons, increased penalties for illegal gun possession, reduced public access to gun permit information and required mental health professionals to report concerns about a gun - owning patient who posed a risk of harming himself or others.

By leaving their engines idling for long periods, drivers contribute to air pollution, waste fuel, and produce noise and fumes that harm the environment and public health.

A «harm reduction» approach to public health, rather than an abstinence or look - the - other - way policy, scored another win this month when the California state legislature gave the green light to a bill that would provide condoms for adult prison inmates.

«Public health efforts are needed to raise university administration and student population awareness of the harms that indoor tanning poses to young adults in order to increase demand for policy - related action.

«After careful consideration of my responsibility to protect the public health and environment from actual, threatened or potential harm from air pollution, I have decided to deny the Sunflower Electric Power Corporation application for an air quality permit,» Roderick Bremby, KDHE secretary, said in a written statement.

«The CMA continues to recommend a broad public health policy approach focused on preventing problematic drug use; ensuring the availability of assessment and treatment services for those who wish to stop using; and harm reduction to increase the safety for those who are using.»

Professor Alastair Lewis, from York's Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories and the National Centre for Atmospheric Science, said: «Over 40 per cent of children have at least one smoking parent and whereas there is a general public awareness about the harms of second hand smoke, there is little knowledge about the dangers of third hand smoke.

In a letter to the Guardian, the scientists wrote that «the ACMD clearly recommended — for the third time in the last six years — that cannabis remains a class C drug, and did so after examining all the available and latest evidence on short - and long - term health risks, as well as social harms, public attitudes and policing priorities.»

But other scientists worry that military support for the work could create the public impression that the work was meant to harm.

What is clear is that the BBC is harming the public interest by sacrificing accuracy for impartiality in its coverage of climate change.

Dr Eleni Papadopoulou, lead author from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, said: «The concern for harm to the fetus caused by radio frequency electromagnetic fields, such as those emitted by mobile phones, is mainly driven by reports from experimental animal studies with inconsistent results.

Schegelskaya's name is also on a list of 13 people, including Vannoni, who have been under investigation since 2009 by a prosecutor in Turin for fraud, conspiracy, and allegedly administering drugs that could harm public health.

«We now know a great deal about the harm from the emissions from fossil fuels,» said Frederica Perera, director of the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health at the Mailman School of Public Health.

As a 2016 paper from the American College of Cardiology's (ACC's) Sports and Exercise Cardiology Leadership Council points out, «the public media has embraced the idea that exercise may harm the heart and disseminated this message, thereby diverting attention away from the benefits of exercise as a potent intervention for the primary and secondary prevention of heart disease.»

For those for whom these considerations might not be quite enough, there is little that can enforce the code other than concern with the cumulative harm to ones reputation and standing that comes from ones colleagues awareness of a pattern of infractions, or fear of the public denunciation by colleagues that may follow in the rarer instances of someones descending into more massive and willful disregard of accepted standarFor those for whom these considerations might not be quite enough, there is little that can enforce the code other than concern with the cumulative harm to ones reputation and standing that comes from ones colleagues awareness of a pattern of infractions, or fear of the public denunciation by colleagues that may follow in the rarer instances of someones descending into more massive and willful disregard of accepted standarfor whom these considerations might not be quite enough, there is little that can enforce the code other than concern with the cumulative harm to ones reputation and standing that comes from ones colleagues awareness of a pattern of infractions, or fear of the public denunciation by colleagues that may follow in the rarer instances of someones descending into more massive and willful disregard of accepted standards.

One of the ethical justifications for incorporating biomedical advances in clinical practice and public health is that the benefits to individuals and / or populations outweigh the potential harms.

Existing literature on infectious disease policy, ethics, and law, outside the context of genomics, describes the potential for stigmatization of individuals or subpopulations, the challenge of balancing individual interests and protections (for example, privacy, autonomy, freedom of movement) against risks of harm to others and to public health, issues of justice, and employer or health professional obligations [27], [28].

At the same time, we will also issue a compliance policy that, with the exception of outliers potentially harming public health in a significant way right now, will give current product developers a very reasonable period of time to interact with the FDA in order to determine if they need to submit an application for marketing authorization and to come into the agency and work on a path toward approval.

\ n \ nGiven the practices surrounding government research grants, public disclosure of the names in this case would carry a great potential for harm to the individuals and little public benefit.

No matter the harm it ends up doing on his body and on their relationship, he feels that he is the only one out there that can put a stop to the government's actions or at least put the information out in the open for the public to view.

That's true for all public services, but higher education is uniquely harmed by rising pension costs.

In fact, Trump's cuts would harm even the public charter schools he purports to support: charters rely on Title II teacher - preparation grants to train their educators, and Trump wanted to eliminate the federal appropriation for that program.

For example, research has shown that a merit - based aid program in Massachusetts that can only be used at in - state, public institutions harmed student outcomes by encouraging students to attend lower - quality institutions.

Dr. Scott H. Frank, the director of the division of public health for the university, writes in the report that the programs «are required to teach that sexual activity before marriage is likely to cause psychological and physical harm.»

Finally, in an effort to use reconciliation to pass the bill, SALT deductions were repealed which may harm the ability for higher taxed areas to fund their local public schools going forward.

«We are opposed to the (referendum) because it harms public schools,» said Barbara Mertens, assistant executive for the Washington Association of School Administrators.