The CRTC has today confirmed that the national do-not-call registry will launch by September 30th. Given the number of exempt organizations – registered charities, political parties, polling companies, newspapers, businesses with a prior business relationship – Canadians will still need to individually opt-out of hundreds of additional organizations for the […]

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CIPPIC Files More Complaints Over DPI
CIPPIC has filed several more complaints over the use of deep-packet inspection by Canadian ISPs and asked the Privacy Commissioner to investigate ISP use of DPI for behavioural targeting.
CIRA’s Whois Debacle
I've written in the past about the hugely disappointing CIRA decision to backtrack on its WHOIS policy and create backdoor access for special interests. CIRA has now posted the minutes (1, 2, 3) associated with the decision-making process and the deep divide within the board becomes immediately evident. The minutes […]
Kerr on Privacy Idealism
My colleague Ian Kerr posts a great speech he recently delivered on the importance of privacy "idealism" in advocacy.
Supreme Court of Canada Rejects Privacy Commissioner Blood Tribe Appeal
The Supreme Court of Canada has rejected the Privacy Commissioner of Canada's appeal in the Blood Tribe case. The case raised questions of solicitor-client privilege in the context of PIPEDA investigations.