Post Tagged with: "privacy"

In Defense of PIPEDA

Professor Geist’s regular Toronto Star Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, HTML backup article, homepage version) takes on the recent rise of criticism of PIPEDA Canada’s federal privacy legislation, which has been recently labelled a multi-dimensional mess by critics. The column argues that replacing the single federal standard with potentially […]

January 19, 2004 — Comments are Disabled — Columns

The Long Arm of the USA Patriot Act: A Threat to Canadian Privacy?

The Long Arm of the USA Patriot Act: A Threat to Canadian Privacy? Co-authored with Milana Homsi. Submission to the B.C. Information and Privacy Commissioner (2004)

January 1, 2004 — 1 comment — Reports

Police Using the Web to Track Crime Suspects

Professor Geist appeared on CBC News discussing a new police website being used to help authorities track down criminal suspects. see: CBC Interview also see: Canadian Privacy Law Review Information

November 27, 2003 — Comments are Disabled — Audio

Privacy and Expectations

Professor Geist’s regular Toronto Star Lawbytes column (Toronto Star version, HTML backup article, homepage version) contrasts privacy compliance in Canada and the U.S. It argues that while Canada may have enacted comprehensive privacy legislation, there are minimal expectations that the law will be enforced aggressively. It concludes that organizations with […]

November 17, 2003 — Comments are Disabled — Columns

Privacy Keynote on Reasonable Expectations

Professor Geist delivered a keynote address at the CACR Privacy and Security Conference in Toronto on November 6th. The talk centred on the need to focus on privacy expectations in order to ensure greater privacy compliance and protections for individuals. A webcast version should be available shortly. see: Will Copyright […]

November 17, 2003 — Comments are Disabled — Conferences