Friday, October 31, 2014

Lawful access I can get behind: Missing Persons Act (NS) still in limbo

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Among the many reasons put forward for "lawful access" and warrantless access to personal information is the need to obtain inform...
Thursday, October 30, 2014

Annual Report to Parliament on the Privacy Act tabled for 2013-2014

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The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has released its annual report on the Privacy Act, Canada's federal public sector priv...
Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Privacy regulators call for measured response to terrorism attacks

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In anticipation of new federal regulations to expand police surveillance powers and in connection with their annual meeting, Canadian federa...
Friday, October 17, 2014

Presentation: Wearables under Canadian law

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I had the pleasure of speaking to the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice's annual conference this week in St. John...

Presentation: Right to be forgotten in Canada? Not so fast ...

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I had the pleasure of speaking to the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice's annual conference this week in St. John...
Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Two weeks until the Canadian Bar Association 5th Annual Privacy and Access Law Symposium

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Only a short time until the Canadian Bar Association's 5th Annual Privacy and Access Law Symposium in Ottawa at the end of the month. T...
Friday, October 10, 2014

Cyberbullying and lawful access Bill C-13 in the home stretch

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The Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act, also known as the controversial cyberbullying and lawful access ("law adjacent" ac...
Monday, October 06, 2014

The 18th annual Canadian IT Law Association Conference

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The 18th annual conference of the Canadian Information Technology Law Association is coming up in Montreal, October 20-21, 2014. I have no...

Canadians deserve to participate in an informed conversation about privacy and surveillance

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I was invited to contribute to the Hill Times Policy Briefing on Information Technology that was released today. Here's what I had to ...
Friday, October 03, 2014

Presentation: Canada's Anti-spam Law and School Boards

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Later today, I'll be giving a presentation to the Nova Scotia School Boards Association on Canada's Anti-Spam Law (CASL) and how it ...