Monday, November 30, 2009

EU Clears SWIFT Data Transfers to United States Treasury Department

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The New York Times is reporting on an agreement reached between European ministers and the United States for restored access to information ...
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Thursday, November 26, 2009

Use, overuse and abuse of privacy laws

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A very good commentary from the Victoria Times Colonist. Fave quote: "It was a good example of how privacy law has vastly enhanced offi...
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Social networking for lawyers seminar

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Some readers of this blog may be interested in this seminar that I'm giving for the Nova Scotia Barristers Society in a couple of weeks....
Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Owner of massive genomics database goes bankrupt. What will happen to the data?

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The owners of one of the largest databases of genomics information and biological samples, in Iceland, has gone bankrupt. The article in Nat...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009

UK police routinely arresting people to get DNA

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According to the Guardian, citing a report to be released tomorrow, police in the UK have been routinely arresting people wihtout justificat...

US added to CDA, AUS and UK immigration information sharing program

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The Secretary of Homeland Security and our Minister of Public Safety just wrapped up a bi-annual meeting and announced the addition of the U...
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Monday, November 23, 2009

BC employee fired over social assistance info breach

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A British Columbia government employee has been fired and the Commissioner has launched an investigation after it was discovered that a spre...
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Commissioner tables annual Privacy Act Report for 2008-2009

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The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has tabled her annual report on the public sector privacy law, the Privacy Act: Annual Report to Parliame...
Sunday, November 15, 2009

Social networks for reference checks

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I am often asked whether potential employers are legally able to use Facebook or other social networking sites to do background checks on ca...

A look at video surveillance in Halifax

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The Sunday Chronicle Herald has two articles on the increasing use of video surveillance by police and private organizations in Halifax. The...