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More of a Good Thing, Part Two

Quebec has become the latest province to introduce legislation to guard against Patriot Act misuse of Canadian personal information.  The legislation reportedly will include mandatory disclosures of security breaches and increased fines for companies that fail to comply with the law.

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June 5, 2006 Comments are Disabled News

More of a Good Thing, Part One

Alberta Privacy Commissioner Frank Work has joined fellow commissioners Stoddart, Cavoukian, and Loukidelis in writing to Ministers Oda and Bernier regarding their concerns with the privacy implications of copyright reform.  While groups such as CRIA have sought to dismiss the privacy concerns, it will be difficult for the government to […]

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June 5, 2006 Comments are Disabled News

UK APIG Report on DRM Released

The UK All Party Parliamentary Internet Group has released its report on DRM.  Lots of noteworthy recommendations including increased disclosures, warnings of possible criminal actions against those behind Sony rootkit type cases, competition investigations, and broader exemptions to anti-circumvention provisions.

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June 5, 2006 1 comment News

The Book Business and the Internet

The NY Times runs a good article on the debate within the book industry over how to react to Internet distribution.  

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June 4, 2006 Comments are Disabled News

Internet Monitoring Leads to Terror Arrests

This weekend’s arrest of 17 people in Toronto on terrorism-related arrests have generated significant worldwide attention.  Not to be overlooked are the reports that Internet monitoring played a key role in the investigation. According to the Toronto Star "when CSIS began monitoring the sites allegedly used by some of the […]

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June 4, 2006 5 comments News