Friday, November 16, 2012

Newfoundland health privacy legislation found "substantially similar" to PIPEDA, exemption order issued

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As of October 10, 2012, the Federal Cabinet issued the Personal Health Information Custodians in Newfoundland and Labrador Exemption Order ,...

Federal Court awards minimal damages for good faith violation of PIPEDA by bank

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The Federal Court of Canada, in Biron v. RBC Royal Bank, 2012 FC 1095 , recently had an opportunity to consider a claim for damages under PI...
Thursday, November 15, 2012

BC Privacy Commissioner tells Victoria Police to change automated license plate scanning system

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The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia has just released the report of its investigation (PDF) of the ...
Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Google's most recent Transparency Report: Government requests are on the rise

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Google has released its most recent update to the Google Transparency Report, which provides statistics about how many user data requests a...
Wednesday, November 07, 2012

Privacy Commissioners respond to Police Chiefs on Bill C-30 and lawful access

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An interesting debate over lawful access is playing out in the pages of the Windsor Star. First, the paper ran an opinion piece from the lea...
Monday, November 05, 2012

Don't throw the (judicial oversight) baby out with the bathwater

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I have been trying to encourage an informed dialogue about "lawful access" on this blog, in an effort to cut through some of the r...
Thursday, November 01, 2012

A police officer's response to my recent critique of lawful access

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You may recall that on September 18, 2012, Detective Constable Warren Bulmer of the Toronto Police Service's Computer and Technology Fac...
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Saturday, October 27, 2012

Despite police chiefs' representations, lawful access is irretrievably broken

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If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you’ll know that I’m not a fan of Bill C-30. At all. My most acute concern relates to warrantless a...
Friday, October 26, 2012

Canadian police chiefs attempt to revive lawful access

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At a time when most observers say that Bill C-30, also known as the "lawful access" bill, is dead in the water, the Canadian Assoc...
Thursday, October 25, 2012

Supreme Court will hear Alberta case on constitutionality of privacy legislation

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The Supreme Court of Canada has just granted leave to appeal United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 401 v Alberta (Attorney General) . I...