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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Rajotte’s Data Fraud Bill
James Rajotte, a Conservative MP from Edmonton and the chair of the Industry committee, has introduced a noteworthy private members’ bill focused on pre-texting and other privacy abuses. It seeks to plug several loopholes in the current Criminal Code that may exclude personal information from provisions that address fraudulent impersonation. […]
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