Friday, November 30, 2007

Law enforcement access to personal information

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Today I had the privilege of speaking at the annual professional development event of the Nova Scotia Criminal Lawyers Association, in assoc...
Thursday, November 29, 2007

Whole disk encryption made easy

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If you have laptop, you should read Bruce Schneier's commentary in Wired: How Does Bruce Schneier Protect His Laptop Data? With His Fist...
Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Reckless corporations may violate ID theft law

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Fellow blogger David Canton is quoted in this interesting article that suggests reckless corporations may find themselves guilty of violati...
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Alberta Commissioner investigating Barlink on ID swiping

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I've blogged on this topic of bars swiping patrons' identification a number of times (see label " id swiping "), but it ap...
Sunday, November 25, 2007

Consultant causes security breach of patient information in Newfoundland

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An investigation has been launched in Newfoundland after a consultant working for public health authorities inadvertently breached security ...
Saturday, November 24, 2007

More disks missing from HM Revenue and Customs

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It's interesting what comes out when people start asking more questions: BBC NEWS Politics Six more data discs 'are missing' .
Friday, November 23, 2007

Mandatory gunshot reporting bill hits Nova Scotia legislature

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Today, following yesterday's speech from the throne, the Conservative government of Nova Scotia introduced a bill in the legislature to ...

Cellphone Tracking Powers on Request

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The Washington Post has an article on how, in some cases, law enforcement in the US is getting access to real-time tracking information abou...
Thursday, November 22, 2007

Take security seriously

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David Canton's most recent Canoe column on information security is a good summary of the issues and includes the factors that any custod...

Geist on Canada's ID theft bill

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Michael Geist, insightful and thoughtful as always, has some interesting comments on the proposed new identity theft legislation introduced ...