Monday, October 31, 2011

Ontario Commissioner on lawful access (actually, "expanded surveillance")

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In the National Post, Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner adds her strong voice to the call for increased scrutiny of any ...
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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Why lawful access legislation should not be allowed

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This is why lawful access legislation should not be allowed to pass. The Guardian is reporting on equipment being used by London's Metr...

Welsh nightclubs to fingerprint customers

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I have a feeling that every time Canadians come up with a really, really intrusive idea, there's a bunch of folks in the British Isles w...
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Privacy Commissioner calls out Public Safety Minister for lack of justification for lawful access

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This past week, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada sent an open letter to Public Safety Minister Vic Toews , again coming out against "...
Friday, October 14, 2011

Cloudlaw: Law and Policy in the Cloud

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I'm spending the day today at a conference being hosted by the University of Toronto's Faculty of Law and the Centre for Innovation ...
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Critics pan portions of proposed amendments to BC's public sector privacy law

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Some critics have come out swinging over the proposed new amendments to BC's public sector privacy law: Critics say new B.C. privacy l...
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Friday, October 07, 2011

Call for addition of business transaction rule in Quebec privacy law

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Éloïse Gratton has a good opinion piece in yesterday's Montreal Gazette calling for the adoption of a business transaction rule in the ...
Thursday, October 06, 2011

Questions from the bench suggest Ontario will get invasion of privacy tort

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The appeal in Jones v Tsige was heard by the Ontario Court of Appeal last week. Though the court reserved judgement, I have heard from one ...
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Wednesday, October 05, 2011

British Columbia proposes amendments to public sector privacy and access law

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The province of British Columbia has introduced legislation to significantly revise the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act...
Thursday, September 29, 2011

Government reintroduces PIPEDA amendments

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This just in: The Digital Economy in Canada - Reintroduction of amendments to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents ...