David Fraser points out that the Supreme Court of Canada has just released a decision, H.J. Heinz v. Attorney General (Canada), that includes a significant amount of privacy analysis. The case involves privacy considerations within the context of Access to Information Act requests. The divided court, which interestingly relies on the recent LaForest report on the potential merger of the Offices of the Information and Privacy Commissioners, says several noteworthy things about privacy and reflects some differences on the court on the merits of judicial intervention on privacy grounds.
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A2K Rising
I spent the Friday and Saturday at Yale Law School’s Access to Knowledge conference. It is still early days in this movement, but witnessing the growth of the network and commitment to this issue is incredibly exciting. The conference has a detailed wiki for those interested in the panels, which […]
Google in China
The NY Times Magazine has a superb article on Google in China. The article provides interesting details on Chinese Internet censorship practices consistent with my own experience last year.
Canada Drops Off the Spam Dirty Dozen
Good news today from Sophos as their quarterly report on the top 12 spam relaying countries did not include Canada. This marks a major shift as Canada ranked as high as second only a couple of years ago. While Sophos apparently attributes this to "the continued regulatory efforts as well […]
CRTC “Analysis”
The CRTC and the regulation of telecom market has generated an enormous amount of interest in recent weeks with the Telecom Policy Review and CRTC decisions on local forebearance and regulation of mobile television. The coverage from the mainstream media has become entirely predictable – supplemented by supportive quotes from […]
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