Changes to Alberta's privacy law took effect over the weekend with the provincial private sector privacy law now featuring a mandatory security breach reporting requirement.
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Alberta Mulling E-Voting
Alberta is considering instituting online voting for elections, possibly as soon as 2013. New legislation is introduced last week allows for new technology in by-elections.
Alberta Court Orders Damages Over Domain Name “Sabotage”
An Alberta judge has ordered a former employee of a bike shop to pay $15,000 in damages after he registered a competing domain name and forwarded it to a pornographic website. The bike shop used a dot-ca domain and the ex-exployee registered the dot-com version.
Alberta Privacy Commissioner Forces Ticketmaster Changes
Canwest reports that Ticketmaster has changed its marketing practices following complaints to the Alberta Privacy Commissioner.
Alberta Privacy Commish Releases Outsourcing Report
On the heels of last week’s discussion over LSAT fingerprinting, Alberta Privacy Commissioner has released a lengthy report on the privacy implications of data outsourcing by public bodies. The report recommends ensuring that a public body has a template or check list in place to ensure that an outsource provider […]
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