Wednesday, January 30, 2013

PIPEDA Finding: In joint investigation with Dutch DPA, Commissioner finds WhatsApp didn't comply with Canadian privacy laws

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Earlier this week, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada released its report of findings against the popular, cross-platform instant messaging ...
Monday, January 28, 2013

Happy data privacy day!

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Today is international data privacy day . I am sure there'll be some interesting content posted through the day around the world to ackn...
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Saturday, January 26, 2013

Members of the privacy community demand transparency from Skype/Microsoft on disclosure of user information

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A group of civil society organizations and privacy activists are calling upon Microsoft and Skype to be much more forthcoming about Skype...
Friday, January 25, 2013

HRSDC to provide credit protection for those affected by missing hard drive

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HRSDC has decided to do the right thing -- which it should have done one day one: provide credit protection services to the more than half a...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Massive BC privacy breach involves millions of health records

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The Canadian Press, via the CBC, is reporting on a series of new data breaches from British Columbia that likely involved millions of health...
Monday, January 14, 2013

Note to HRSDC: Cloud computing and remote access dramatically reduces the risk of portable device data breaches

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I posted this, this morning, on the Canadian Cloud Law Blog but it should be equally of interest to readers of this blog: Canadian Cloud ...
Friday, January 11, 2013

Government release on the loss of personal information of 583,000 Canadian student loan recipients

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Here is the (ironically titled) media release regarding the loss of personal information of more half a million Canadians' personal info...
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HRSDC "loses" sensitive personal information of another half MILLION Canadians

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The CBC is reporting tonight that Human Resources and Skills Development Canada has lost a hard drive containing very sensitive personal inf...
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Tuesday, January 08, 2013

Privacy Commissioner proposes lawful access compromise

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According to the Canadian Press, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has commissioned law professor Karim Benyekhlef of the University of Mon...
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Friday, January 04, 2013

Police shouldn't get to choose to disregard privacy laws

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Victoria lawyer Michael Mulligan has an interesting opinion piece in today's Victoria Times Colonist about the recent fuss over the city...