Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Why Friday's decision in R v Spencer will be a BIG DEAL for privacy

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As I blogged yesterday , the Supreme Court of Canada has announced that it will release its decision in the appeal from Saskatchewan Court o...
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Monday, June 09, 2014

Supreme Court to release warrantless ISP disclosure decision on Friday

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The Supreme Court of Canada has just announced that it will release its decision in R. v. Spencer on Friday. For those concerned with "...
Saturday, June 07, 2014

Canadian telcos release transparency reports

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In the past week, in a significant development, both Teksavvy and Rogers have released information that provides much greater insights into ...
Friday, May 30, 2014

Facebook "sponsored stories" class action certified

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Today, the British Columbia Supreme Court certified a class action against Facebook Inc. in connection with the "sponsored stories...
Thursday, May 29, 2014

CRTC seeking comments on set top boxes, audience measurement and privacy

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I just spoke with a friend at the CRTC who alerted me to the following ongoing consultation which has an interesting privacy angle. As part ...
Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Prime Minister names DOJ's top national security and law enforcement lawyer as next Privacy Commissioner of Canada

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The Prime Minister has tapped Daniel Therrien to be the next Privacy Commissioner of Canada. Mr. Therrien is a long-serving lawyer with the...
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Wednesday, May 07, 2014

Liz Denham calls for health privacy law for BC

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The Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia, Liz Denham, is calling for a health privacy law for the province, to replace t...
Monday, May 05, 2014

My opening statement to the House of Commons Justice and Human Rights Committee on Bill C-13

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Apparently my testimony tomorrow at the House of Commons Justice and Human Rights committee on Bill C-13, the Protecting Canadians from Onli...
Thursday, May 01, 2014

We seriously need transparency about law enforcement demands

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Earlier this week, Interim Privacy Commissioner Chantal Bernier dropped a bombshell : Law enforcement agencies asked nine Canadian telcos fo...
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Government demands telco customer data more than a MILLION times per year

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Paul McLeod of the Halifax Chronicle Herald and Alex Boutilier of the Toronto Star have both reported on a dramatic revelation made by Int...