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Privacy

Ontario Judge Orders Disclosure Of Facebook Profile

An Ontario judge has ordered a party to a civil litigation case arising from a motor vehicle accident to hand over the contents of their private Facebook profile. Importantly, the judge ruled that "a party who maintains a private, or limited access, Facebook profile stands in no different position than […]

February 25, 2009 — 30 comments — News

Privacy Commissioner Enters Net Neutrality Fray

The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has entered the net neutrality debate with a submission to the CRTC network management hearing on the privacy implications of network management that uses deep packet inspection technologies (hat tip: P2PNet). The submission notes concerns with several uses of DPI, including scanning Internet traffic for […]

February 23, 2009 — 6 comments — News

CRTC Considers Big Changes to Broadcast Rules, Telecom Privacy

The CRTC today released two consultation notices that could result in big changes to Canadian broadcasting and telecom privacy. The broadcasting consultation proposes a major change to spending on Canadian English television productions, which has been flat compared to regular increases for spending on U.S. programming. The CRTC puts forward […]

February 13, 2009 — 4 comments — News

Former Privacy Commissioner Radwanski Acquitted

Former Federal Privacy Commissioner George Radwanski has been acquitted of criminal fraud charges.

February 13, 2009 — Comments are Disabled — News

Lawful Access Back on the Legislative Agenda

Lawful access is back. Two developments this month suggest that there may bi-partisan support for the always controversial attempt to establish new Internet surveillance powers for law enforcement. First, the Globe and Mail reports today that new Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan has indicated that lawful access legislation is […]

February 12, 2009 — 12 comments — News