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Canada’s Identity Theft Bill: What It Says and What’s Missing
The federal government yesterday introduced much-needed identity theft legislation. Bill C-27 includes several important provisions focusing on identity theft such as trafficking in documents and identity information. Key provisions include: making, possessing, transferring, or selling "identity documents" of another person becomes an offence punishable with up to five years in […]
Industry Canada Launches Public Consultation on PIPEDA Reforms
The government's response to the PIPEDA review included a promise to consult on possible reforms to the law, including the creation of a mandatory data breach notification requirement. On Friday, Industry Canada published the promised consultation in the Canada Gazette, asking Canadians for comments on the data breach requirement along […]
Chertoff’s Talk
My speech at the Data Protection and Privacy Commissioner's conference focused specifically on U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff's talk. His remarks have now been posted online.
Privacy Threats No Longer ‘Terra Incognita’ – The Video
Last week's column on the Data Protection and Privacy Commissioner's conference has generated a fair amount of attention. As I noted in my blog posting, the column was based on my concluding remarks in the final plenary of that conference. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has now […]
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