An Ontario court has issued a new decision interpreting Canada’s federal privacy law in the context of videosurveillance. The court ruled that exceptions found in the Act that apply to law of Canada includes the common law, though it noted that the wording in PIPEDA "leaves a lot to be […]
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Coverage of Anti-Spam Task Force Announcement
The Canadian media, including the Toronto Star and Globe and Mail, provides comprehensive coverage of the formation of a new anti-spam task force, quoting Professor Geist on the need to use the task force as a catalyst for greater enforcement initiatives. see: Task Force Aims To Can Spam also see: […]
More on Spam in Canada
Decima Publishing’s Network Letter provides great coverage of Professor Geist’s recent spam speech at the Law Society’s Communication Law conference. The two-page article highlights the key points in the speech including the need for better enforcement of existing Canadian law. see: Workplace Privacy Gets Day in Court also see: BC […]
Federal Court to Examine Workplace Privacy Issue
The Globe and Mail reports on the use of surveillance technologies in the workplace and an upcoming federal court case that will examine a privacy law finding involving the use of video surveillance in a railway yard. The case comes on the heels of the release yesterday of two additional […]
Untouchable? The Canadian Battle Against Spam
The Ottawa Citizen covers Professor Geist’s recent speech on anti-spam measures in Canada, delivered at the Law Society’s Bi-Annual Conference on Communications Law. The speech argued that Canada already has most of the legal tools needed to combat spam and that better enforcement is needed. see: Spam: We’ve Got the […]