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Privacy

New Canadian WHOIS Policy Balances Privacy With Public Access

Appeared in the Toronto Star on April 28, 2008 as Domain Name Policy Puts Us in Internet Vanguard Earlier this month, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority, the agency that manages the dot-ca domain, celebrated its one millionth domain name registration.  While that represents an important milestone, a far more noteworthy […]

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April 28, 2008 1 comment Columns Archive

Security Breach Disclosure Bill May Fall Short

Canwest reports that the federal government plans to introduce new security breach disclosure legislation that will provide considerable discretion for when businesses disclose instances of security breaches.  There are apparently no penalties for failure to disclose.  Given the potential impact of identity theft and the incentives to keep breaches secret, […]

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April 25, 2008 1 comment News

B.C. PIPA Review Released

David Fraser notes that a special committee has released its recommendations for reforms to the B.C. privacy legislation.

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April 21, 2008 Comments are Disabled News

CIRA’s New WHOIS Policy To Take Effect in June

The Canadian Trademark Blog notes that after years of consultations and discussion, CIRA has finally committed to a date for implementing its revised WHOIS policy.  As of June 10, 2008, CIRA will no longer release information about individual registrants.  Registrants can still opt-in to having their information posted to the […]

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April 18, 2008 3 comments News

Privacy Commissioner on How to Fix the Privacy Act

The Privacy Commissioner of Canada's blog features a top ten list of reforms to the Privacy Act.

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April 18, 2008 1 comment News