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Wednesday February 27, 2013 |
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As reports of yet another government security breach emerge, NDP MP Charmaine Borg has at least tried to kickstart the government's dormant private sector privacy reform efforts with a private member's bill
that would add mandatory security breach disclosure requirements to the
law along with new order making power. The government's own privacy
reform bill - Bill C-12 - has languished for years with no real effort
by Industry Minister Christian Paradis to move it forward. Moreover, the
bill has some serious faults, with no penalties for security breach, no
update to the Privacy Commissioner's powers, and provisions that make
organizations more likely to disclose personal information without
warrant during an investigation.
Bill C-475 is a far better proposal with amendments
to PIPEDA with more clear cut security breach disclosure requirements
along with order making power that is backed by significant penalties
for compliance failures. Those provisions would do far to ensure greater
respect for Canadian privacy law and give Canadians the assurance of
notifications in the event of security breaches. What the bill does not
do, however, is address the other side of the privacy coin, namely the
failure of government to hold itself accountable for the personal
information it collects and now regularly seems to fail to safeguard. borg, c-12, pipeda, privacy, security breach Slashdot, Digg, Del.icio.us, Newsfeeder, Reddit, StumbleUpon, TwitterTagsShareWednesday February 27, 2013 |
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Monday June 11, 2012 |
The House of Commons Committee on Ethics, Accountability and Privacy
recently launched a major new study into the privacy concerns raised by
popular social media sites. The study promises to canvass a wide range
of perspectives as elected officials grapple with emerging privacy
issues and consider whether the current legal framework provides
sufficient protection.
Canadians are among the most active social media users in the world,
yet the growing reliance on sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn,
and Google+ has generated unease with the privacy implications of
massive data collection. My weekly technology law column last week (Toronto
Star version, homepage
version) notes I was recently invited to appear
before the committee and used my time to identify four areas in need of
action.
c-12, casl, do-not-track, privacy, social media Slashdot, Digg, Del.icio.us, Newsfeeder, Reddit, StumbleUpon, TwitterTagsShareMonday June 11, 2012 |
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Tuesday January 10, 2012 |
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PIAC has released a new
report
that examines the mandatory data breach reporting requirements in Bill
C-12 and concludes that changes are needed to provide adequate privacy
protection.
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