Columns Archive

Canada’s Privacy Wake-Up Call

Appeared in the Toronto Star on November 28, 2005 as Inadequate Laws Hobble Privacy Chief In a year dominated by almost daily privacy and security violations that have placed the personal information of millions at risk, a privacy breach that affected just one person ranks as 2005’s most shocking incident.  […]

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November 27, 2005 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive

The Lasting Impact of Sony’s Rootkit

Appeared in the Toronto Star on November 21, 2005 as Sony Incident Wakeup Call For Regulators Appeared on the BBC Online on November 21, 2005 as Sony’s Long-Term Rootkit Woes Sony BMG, the world’ s second largest record label, has for the past three weeks been the subject of a […]

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November 20, 2005 4 comments Columns Archive

Net Governance Deal May Not End Debate

Appeared on the BBC News on November 17, 2005 as Net Control Debate Rumbles On After two years of frequently acrimonious debate, delegates to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis reached a last minute agreement on Tuesday that at first glance appears to resolve the debate […]

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November 16, 2005 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive

Facing The Facts on Internet Governance

Appeared in the Toronto Star on November 14, 2005 as U.S. Must Share More Say on How Internet Is RunAppeared in the Ottawa Citizen on November 17, 2005 as A Change Is In Order This week the regulation of the Internet takes centre stage at the World Summit on the […]

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November 14, 2005 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive

The Canadian Move Toward Open Access

Appeared in the Toronto Star on November 8, 2005 as What Good Are Ideas If You Lock Them Up? Prime Minister Paul Martin’ s decision to appoint Dr. Arthur Carty, the former head of the National Research Council, as Canada’ s first national science advisor, clearly signaled the importance of […]

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November 6, 2005 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive