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Privacy
Ontario Privacy Commissioner Calls For Privacy Breach Reporting Law
Congratulations to Ontario Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian for being the first Canadian privacy commissioner to speak out for what should be self-evident: Canada needs a law that requires organizations to report privacy or security breaches to their customers.
P2P and Privacy
In recent weeks, the Canadian Recording Industry Association has made several public statements about peer-to-peer file sharing and privacy. In letters to the editor criticizing the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC), both Graham Henderson and Richard Pfohl have declared that P2P services constitute "the number one threat to privacy on the Internet."
Privacy Law in Canada
Privacy Law in Canada (Lexis-Nexis/Butterworths)
File Sharing Decision States the Case For Privacy
My regular Law Bytes column (free hyperlinked version, Toronto Star version homepage version) is the first of a two-part look at the recent Federal Court of Appeal decision involving CRIA's attempt to identify 29 alleged file sharers.
Task Force Report a Roadmap for Canning Canadian-Based Spam
Lost amidst the high drama on Parliament Hill last week was the release of Stopping Spam, the National Task Force on Spam’s final report.
Given that I was a member of the Task Force I’m biased, but I sincerely think the report provides a valuable contribution to the fight against spam in Canada and it would be shame if it were to get lost in the shuffle.