Michael Santo of RealTechNews writes:

It’s no “secret” that Hewlett-Packard is under investigation for the way it used pretexting and other underhanded methods to carry out an investigation into media leaks from its Board of Directors. In a story that’s bound to be a hit on The Daily Show tonight, H.P. is co-sponsor of an award on privacy innovation.

Nominees are currently being accepted for the fourth annual HP/IAPP Privacy Innovation award, which Hewlett-Packard gives in conjunction with the Maine-based International Association of Privacy Professionals. According to the award’s Web site, the prize was created to honor “strong and unique contributions to the privacy industry.” [Source: MSNBC]

We Say: It appears this is an annual award, so don’t blame the company for poor planning. Interestingly, the site for the award has an archive of privacy-related stories which includes links to H.P. stories. Please feel free to insert your own joke or political cartoon here.

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