Video regarding Data Protection and Privacy Commissioner’s conference and closing remarks.
Archive for October, 2007
Downloading and Demonoid
Yesterday's jury verdict in Minnesota is unsurprisingly generating an enormous amount of attention – a $220,000 damage award for sharing 24 songs will do that. While Declan McCullagh and Ray Beckerman provide some good analysis about why and what next, it is worth noting that the Canadian context is very […]
CRIA To Promote Copyright “Education” Plan
CNET is reporting that Canada is in for another attempt to "educate" children about copyright. Despite the fact that both Captain Copyright and Fair-Share were recently shelved, CRIA is apparently anxious to work with provincial governments to develop copyright curriculum. Moreover, CRIA's Graham Henderson plans to target parents with messages […]
Justice Minister Announces Plans to Criminalize ID Theft
Justice Minister Rob Nicholson has announced plans to criminalize identity theft. He said he would introduce legislation targeting the actual gathering and trafficking in credit card, banking and other personal data for the purposes of using it deceptively.
Building Confidence: Security, Privacy and User Empowerment
I prepared a a discussion paper for Industry Canada’s E-commerce Branch for the Canada Roundtable on the Future of the Internet Economy. The paper is titled Building Confidence: Security, Privacy and User Empowerment and is available for download.