The Canadian Press reports that federal privacy commissioner has quietly dropped her investigation into complaints that Prime Minister Stephen Harper mailed unsolicited Rosh Hashanah greetings, saying she has no jurisdiction over the matter because political parties fall outside Canada's two privacy laws.
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The Race Toward Clean Cloud Computing
Imagine a world where most of the functions of our personal computers – running applications, communicating, and storing data – do not take place on those computers but rather at massive computer server farms located in remote locations and linked through high-speed networks. This is not the stuff of science fiction but rather describes "cloud computing," one of the hottest Internet and computing trends and the subject of my weekly technology law column (Toronto Star version, Vancouver Sun, homepage version).
Bell Hit With Theft of Data on 3.4 Million Customers
Bell Canada has disclosed that it recovered data on 3.4 million customers after the information was stolen four weeks ago. Montreal police have arrested one person.
The Race Toward Clean Cloud Computing
Appeared in the Toronto Star on February 11, 2008 as Our Heads Should Be In The Clouds Imagine a world where most of the functions of our personal computers – running applications, communicating, and storing data – would not take place on those computers but rather at massive computer server […]
The Race Toward Clean Cloud Computing
Appeared in the Toronto Star on February 11, 2008 as Our Heads Should Be In The Clouds Imagine a world where most of the functions of our personal computers – running applications, communicating, and storing data – would not take place on those computers but rather at massive computer server […]
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