A Canadian parliamentary committee plans to meet in secret today with the Canadian Privacy Commissioner’s top bureaucrat to discuss its investigation into office expenses and information provided to it by the Commissioner’s office. Newspaper reports indicate that the parliamentary committee has been swamped this week by anonymous phone calls detailing […]
Archive for June, 2003
Speech, Choice & Cyberspace
American Library Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON
Panelist
Expert Spam Workshop, Internet Law and Policy Forum, Ottawa, ON
E-Borders, Internet and IT Technologies
United States Department of Commerce Commercial Law Development Program, Washington, DC
Privacy Commissioner Video Surveillance Suit Dismissed
A British Columbia court has dismissed a suit launched by Canada’s Privacy Commissioner over police camera surveillance in the province. The court ruled that the Commissioner had exceeded his authority in bringing the action, noting that he had the right to investigate issues and report to Parliament under the Privacy […]
