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Privacy Commissioner Releases Pre-Texting Decision

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has released its finding on a case stemming from an article in Maclean’s Magazine alleging that the magazine had been able to purchase the telephone records of Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart and a senior Maclean’s editor from US-based data broker Locatecell.com. The […]

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July 11, 2007 Comments are Disabled News

YulBuzz Interview

While speaking at the CFP 2007 conference at Montreal, I took time out to sit down for an interview with YulBuzz, a Montreal-based site.  The resulting interview is now online.

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July 11, 2007 2 comments News

The Sound and Fury of the USTR Special 301 Report

Knowledge Ecology Studies, a new journal from KEI, features a short commentary from me on the USTR Special 301 report.

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July 9, 2007 Comments are Disabled News

CIRA Calls for Director Nominations

The CIRA Board of Director process continues with a new call for "member nominated" directors.  The deadline for nomination is July 20th.  The CIRA Nomination Committee has posted its slate of candidates here.

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July 9, 2007 1 comment News

The High Cost of Canadian Wireless

The National Post featured a revealing article on the weekend featuring comments from both RIM and Google about the high prices associated with Canadian wireless services, particularly the cost of the data.  The numbers in the article point out that Canada is not even close to being competitive with countries […]

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July 8, 2007 36 comments News