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Privacy

The Anti-Spam Bill: New Name, Roughly Same Bill

The government today introduced Bill C-28, the Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Act.  The bill carries a new name from the old Bill C-27 (which was titled the Electronic Commerce Protection Act), but the bill is roughly the same as the bill that passed the House of Commons last year.  […]

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May 25, 2010 4 comments News

Government Tables Anti-Spam and Privacy Reform Bills

The government has tabled two bills this morning focused on Internet and technology issues: C-28: Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Act and C-29: Safeguarding Canadians’ Personal Information Act.  More information and analysis to follow.

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May 25, 2010 Comments are Disabled News

Anti-Spam and Data Breach Notification Bills Coming Next Week

The government has placed two bills on the notice paper for introduction next week: the Electronic Commerce Protection Act (which is the re-introduction of the anti-spam bill that died with prorogation) and amendements to PIPEDA (which should be a data breach notification requirement bill).

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May 21, 2010 1 comment News

European Data Protection Officials Say Facebook Putting Privacy At Risk

The Financial Times reports that European data protection officials have written a letter to Facebook arguing that its December changes to user default settings were "unacceptable."

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May 13, 2010 2 comments News

Privacy in the Facebook Era

The Mark News has posted a podcast with my colleague Ian Kerr on privacy in the Facebook era.

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May 7, 2010 Comments are Disabled News