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Wiertz Sebastien - Privacy by Sebastien Wiertz (CC BY 2.0) https://flic.kr/p/ahk6nh

Privacy

The Globe on Terror Goes Digital

The Globe and Mail published an embarrassing feature story on the weekend focusing on terror groups' use of the Internet and a "Canadian connection." A story on terror group use of the Internet would have made for an interesting (albeit unoriginal) story, so it appears that the Globe tried to generate greater interest in the story by adding a Canadian connection.  The article begins with "Welcome to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia – pivotal battleground in the global jihad."

Why does the Globe think Yarmouth is a pivotal battleground in the global jihad?  Because Register.com, a leading domain name registrar, uses Yarmouth as the base for those want to register domain names anonymously.  It is difficult to overstate the extent to which this claim is misguided. 

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August 19, 2007 3 comments News

Privacy Commissioner Releases Pre-Texting Decision

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has released its finding on a case stemming from an article in Maclean’s Magazine alleging that the magazine had been able to purchase the telephone records of Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart and a senior Maclean’s editor from US-based data broker Locatecell.com. The […]

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July 11, 2007 Comments are Disabled News

CRTC Releases Do-Not-Call Registry Rules

More than 18 months after legislation creating a do-not-call registry passed through the Parliamentary process, the CRTC today released the much-anticipated rules for the registry (rules here, CRTC release here, media coverage here).  As I argued just last week, this process has taken far too long and even today's announcement […]

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July 3, 2007 27 comments News

LSAT Fingerprinting Finding Posted

CIPPIC has posted a copy of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada's preliminary finding on the requirement for LSAT test-takers to provide a fingerprint.

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July 3, 2007 3 comments News

Canadian Privacy Commissioners Call for Suspension of No-Fly List

Canadian privacy commissioners from coast to coast have passed a resolution calling on the government to suspend the recently launched no-fly list.

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June 28, 2007 Comments are Disabled News