Saturday, December 10, 2005

Poorly designed online interfaces make identity theft simple

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Risks Digest is a good source of information on all sorts of risks -- including privacy risks. Recently, a contributor posted about a partic...

Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner responds to "Plan B" concerns

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A letter to the editor in today's Toronto Star: TheStar.com - No problem with giving Plan B info : Letter, Dec. 9. In his letter, ...
Friday, December 09, 2005

Canadian Law Blogs List

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A bit off the usual topic, but I have to give a plug for Steve Matthews' list of Canadian law blogs. Check it out: Vancouver Law Librari...

West Vancouver to require landlords to inspect tenants' apartments

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I don't think this will pass a constitutional challenge ... on both jurisdictional and freedom from unreasonable search and seizure grou...

More on dispensing "Plan B"

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In response to the debate over the dispensing of "Plan B" by pharmacies, a pharmacist has written to the Toronto Star that the con...

Beyond the Patchwork of Privacy Regulations

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Kristina Lovejoy at Newsfactor is calling for omnibus privacy legislation for the US. What's interesting is that what she proposes looks...
Thursday, December 08, 2005

Study on data breach fallout

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This may be the first news about ID theft in a little while. A San Diego company, ID Analytics, has done a computerized study of the effects...

UWO pension and the USA Patriot Act

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According to an item on the Western News, the University of Western Ontario is entering into an arrangement to have a US-based company admin...
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Alberta Commissioner authorizes an organization under PIPA to disregard an access request.

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The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta, Frank Work, has authorized a company to ignore access requests as being vexatious. PIPA...

Incident: Misuse of personal information by store clerks looking for bonuses

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WCPO in Cincinatti is reporting that two employees of Fashion Bug have been charged with six counts of "identity fraud" after they...