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7/17/2008 Privacy Protection Takes On New Mean CANOE Money Julie King Binning, the practice of searching through garbage bins for valuable data, has become a popular technique for thieves. In a report for canoe.ca, Julie King tells how binning, and a subsequent case of identity theft, led Alberta's Information and Privacy Commissioner to investigate one Canadian company for violations of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). 
7/17/2008 Top court upholds solicitor-client privilege canada.com Janice Tibbetts Canada's Supreme Court struck down the federal privacy commissioner's request to view attorney-client correspondence to aid an investigation on employee privacy rights. The unanimous decision means that commissioner's office investigators will not be able to verify the claims of a citizen who filed a complaint with the commissioner on the grounds she was refused access to her personnel file after being fired from her job. 
7/17/2008 Privacy chief seeking input on new Id plan Toronto Star Emily Mathieu At a public information forum yesterday, Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner called for public input on plans for the new RFID-enabled Enhanced Driver's Licence (EDL).
7/15/2008 Bell deines it invades privacy of Internet users Montreal Gazette Roberto Rocha In a submission to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Bell asserted that it does not violate the privacy of customers when using deep packet inspection technology. The company is under investigation by the federal telecom regulator for complaints that it uses "throttling"--the practice of slowing the Internet speeds of users who share files via peer-to-peer networks such as Kazaa or Gnutella. 
7/8/2008 Controversy over "traffic throttling" by Canadian ISPs heats up itbusiness.ca Brian Jackson Canadian Internet service providers (ISPs) are drawing criticism from advocacy groups over the practice of "traffic shaping," a technique that limits available bandwidth for certain services, such as peer-to-peer file sharing, in order to provide a more consistent speed of service for all customers. 
7/3/2008 Canadians Concerned About Giving Retailers Their Personal Information Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada Heather Ormerod Canadian consumers are concerned about releasing their personal information to retailers. That's based on the results of an Ipsos-Reid survey of 1,001 adults conducted in December 2007. The study, commissioned by Canada's privacy commissioner, revealed that nearly half of Canadian adults surveyed do not provide personal data to retailers when asked due to privacy concerns and fears of identity theft.
7/3/2008 Saskatchewan privacy commissioner says law must change Regina Leader Post Angela Hall Saskatchewan's information and privacy commissioner wants to see the province's 16-year-old Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP) updated. 
6/30/2008 CIRA's 'whois' policy a stunning setback for privacy  Toronto Star Michael Geist Michael Geist describes what he calls a "stunning setback for privacy--a  change in the Canadian Internet Registration Authority's (CIRA) new "whois" policy, which was designed to better protect the privacy of the hundreds of thousands of Canadians domain name holders by not allowing public access to domain name holders. 
6/30/2008 Protecting Privacy in a nation of Facebook addicts itbusiness.ca Brian Jackson One in five Candians use social networks and Toronto has one of the largest Facebook networks in the world. Ontario's Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian intends to make sure that Canadian users of social networking sites educate themselves on how to protect their privacy while using these sites. 
6/24/2008 New federal rules force realtors to seek IDs CTV.ca News Staff In an effort to help stop money laundering and terrorist financing, new regulations took effect this week requiring the collection of greater amounts of personal information during real-estate transactions. As a result of Bill C-25, which passed in 2007, realtors now must collect the names, addresses, dates of birth and occupations of both buyers and sellers, and both parties must provide proof of their identities with a driver's license or passport.
6/24/2008 Privacy watchdog didn't endorse 'virtual strip search' canada.com David Wylie The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) yesterday clarified that it did not approve or endorse a pilot project to use full-body scanning technology at B.C.'s Kelowna Airport. 
6/23/2008 How to safely use Facebook and LinkedIn at work itbusiness.ca Brian Jackson As organizations weigh the drawbacks and potential benefits of social networking's entrance into the workplace, itbusiness.ca spoke with experts for guidance. Ontario's Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian suggested that an absolute ban on employees' use of social networking may not be the way to go.
6/23/2008 Privacy Commissioner of Canada awards $407,923 for research and public awareness Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada   Canadian Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart has awarded more than $407,000 in funding to educational organizations for the pursuit of research into privacy issues and the advancement of privacy rights. 
6/18/2008 Yukon government dismisses ombudsman's concerns on child act CBC News   The Yukon government voted not to hear the territory's information and privacy commissioner, Tracy-Anne McPhee, on concerns about the proposed new child and family services act.
6/16/2008 Confusion leads to unnecessary requests for social insurance numbers The Daily Gleaner Michael Staples A story in The Daily Gleaner highlights one woman's impatience with the myriad organizations asking for her Social Insurance number (SIN), including telephone and electric companies, banks and potential employers. 
3/13/2008 Amended Canadian privacy law could boost IT security budgets The Industry Standard Rafael Ruffolo It is expected that lawmakers will mandate data breach notifications in the upcoming amendment of Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) later this year. 
6/12/2008 Probe into power line surveillance launched by privacy commissioner CBC News   British Columbia's Information and Privacy Commissioner David Loukidelis has launched a preliminary investigation into surveillance of certain Tsawwassen citizens. The surveillance was conducted by the B.C. Transmission Corporation (BCTC) on residents who have opposed the company's power line project in Tsawwassen. 
6/6/2008 CA Canada survey sounds corporate data security alarm itbusiness.ca Rafael Ruffolo New survey results from CA Canada reveal that incidents of confidential data loss have doubled over the past two years. 
6/4/2008 Ontarion Privacy Commissioner on Facebook's Friends List itbusiness.ca Ken Anderson Ontario's Privacy Commissioner's Office and Facebook are collaborating on a video designed to educate young people about protecting their privacy on Facebook.
6/4/2008 Privacy Advocates Express Concern About Child Privacy Online CNW Group Colin McKay To kick off their annual meeting in Regina yesterday, Canada's privacy commissioners and ombudsmen issued a joint resolution on improving online privacy for children and young people.
6/3/2008 "Basics" Basically Ignored, Says Annual Report  Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada   Canadian Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart released her annual report on Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) compliance yesterday. The report found that many companies still have not taken basic steps to protect personal information.
5/31/2008 Privacy Commissioner Launches Investigation  Ottawa Citizen Sarah Schmidt Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddard has initiated an investigation into whether Facebook is breaking the law when it shares users' personal information with advertisers and others without obtaining user consent. 
5/29/2008 Law School Admission Counsel Investigation Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada   The Assistant Privacy Commissioner released the findings of an investigation into the Law School Admission Council's use of fingerprints for Canadians who take the Law School Admission Test (LSAT).
5/29/2008 CAN Government Probes Cloud Computing WHIR News   Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian earlier this week released a white paper concerning the use of cloud computing technology.
5/29/2008 Privacy Boss Wants a Say The Gazette Kevin Dougherty Quebec Privacy Commissioner Jacques Saint-Laurent wants to assess the privacy provisions surrounding the province's proposed RFID-enhanced driver's license, but so far has been unable to get the attention of the Societe de l'assurance automobile du Quebec (SAAQ). 
5/23/2008 New Book Launched to help businesses comply with privacy law CNW Group Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has launched a new book to help businesses comply with the nation's private sector privacy law, PIPEDA (Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act).
5/21/2008 Ontario Privacy Czar worried about high-tech licences CTV.ca Paul Bliss Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian has urged the federal government to withdraw a requirement for provinces to collect citizenship information and create databases for Canada's enhanced driver's licences. 
5/21/2008 Good year for privacy, Ontario Commissioner Says Globe and Mail John McGrath The annual report of Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner, released yesterday, reveals that 2007 was a year of improved citizen privacy in the province.
5/20/2008 Pending Law will highlight health-record privacy: Wiseman CBC News   New rules to protect the medical privacy of Newfoundland and Labrador citizens are expected to be passed into law within 18 months, says a CBC News report. The new Protection of Personal Health Information Act lets patients determine which parts of their medical records can be shared and sets rules for the collection, use and disclosure of personal health records. 
5/20/2008 Q & A with IAPP Canadian Summit Speakers IAPP    A Privacy International study late last year identified Canada at the top of the heap when it comes to protecting individuals' privacy. In this special Daily Dashboard Q&A, you'll meet one of the persons responsible for maintaining this record.
5/19/2008 Senator's Anti-Spam Bill is Welcome News The Toronto Star Michael Geist Writing for the Toronto Star, the University of Ottawa's Michael Geist lauds the introduction of anti-spam legislation by Senator Yoine Goldstein earlier this month. The proposed Anti-Spam Act (ASA), modeled after Australia's law, establishes rules for easy opt-outs, misleading subject lines and dictionary attacks, among others.
5/12/2008 Q & A with IAPP Canadian Summit Speakers IAPP  Elizabeth Denham A number of key legislative issues are in play that could affect Canada's marketing community and Wally Hill highlights them in this special Daily Dashboard Q&A. 
5/8/2008 Fear the 'web' of deceit: expert; social networking sites expose personal data, privacy boss says The Whig Standard Jennifer Pritchett Canadian Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart said that social networking sites threaten the security of Canadians' personal information.
5/10/2008 Practical' guide to help show when safety trumps privacy The Ottawa Citizen Katie Daubs Privacy commissioners in British Columbia and Ontario are developing support materials to help guide education officials when faced with decisions about student privacy and personal health and safety. 
5/8/2008 Privacy Policies blamed for lost records Times & Transcript Jesse Robichaud Lax privacy policies in the Department of Health led to the disappearance of New Brunswickers' medical records last fall when a courier lost nearly 700 unencrypted patient files.
5/7/2008 Privacy Law Update Good Winnipeg Free Press Brian Bowman The Manitoba government will amend its Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA), which was created in the late 1990s.
5/6/2008 Q & A with IAPP Canadian Summit Speakers IAPP  Elizabeth Denham Ontario's information and privacy commissioner believes there is always a solution that advances both privacy and the interests of the organization.
5/6/2008 Fax had personal information Leader-Post   Saskatchewan's information and privacy commissioner Gary Dickson is reminding public bodies and health trustees to purge personally-identifiable information from office machines before selling or disposing of the machines.
5/5/2008 Online Health Records:  Convenience vs. Privacy CBC News Grant Buckler Free access to online tools for managing one's own health information is an appealing prospect to most Canadians, but where the data will be stored has caused concern.
5/1/2008 Searching for the right balance Ottawa Citizen Ian Kerr Ian Kerr writes that recent examples of random "sniffer dog" sweeps in public places have raised constitutional issues of privacy and personal liberty in Canada. 
5/1/2008 Province to Hire Privacy Chief Winnipeg Free Press Mary Agnes Welch The Province of Manitoba is poised, after four years of debate, to adopt a law that would mandate the appointment of its first-ever privacy commissioner.
4/29/2008 Ebay Loses Bid to Shield Sellers From Taxman Globe and Mail Paul Waldie Canada's Federal Court of Appeal has upheld a lower court ruling that eBay Canada must produce the personal information of its PowerSellers -- those who sell at least $1,000 (U.S.) a month through the site.
4/29/2008 Q & A with IAPP Canadian Summit Speakers IAPP Elizabeth Denham With daily headlines on data breaches and other electronic crimes, identity theft weighs on the minds of many. Retailers, especially, have had to expand efforts in recent years in order to protect themselves from fraud while still providing customers with an adequate level of privacy protection. 
4/26/2008 Universities grapple with providing health services, protecting privacy Vancouver Sun Meagan Fitzpatrick The apparent suicide death of an 18-year-old Carleton University student brings into focus the challenge University officials face in providing health services to students but still protecting their rights to privacy.
4/27/2008 Lawyers to challenge eligibility of evidence against Radwanski canada.com Mike DeSouza A former federal privacy commissioner returns to court this week for pretrial arguments. George Radwanski faces charges of fraud and breach of trust. 
4/25/2008 Feds proplse to leave disclosure of data breaches to businesses Times Colonist Sarah Schmidt Draft legislation on data breach notification calls for Canadian businesses to use discretion on whether to notify customers of a loss of personal data.
4/28/2008 Domain name policy puts us in Internet vanguard Toronto Star Michael Geist In a move that will better protect the privacy of hundreds of thousands of citizens, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) announced plans to implement greater privacy controls into its whois database, says a report in the Toronto Star.
4/25/2008 Watchdog monitors Chrysler's data loss Toronto Star Tony Van Alphen A lost tape containing the names, addresses and social insurance numbers of Chrysler auto customers has the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada monitoring the company's lending arm, Chrysler Financial. 
4/23/2008 New BC health law could lead to privacy abuse Vancouver Sun Pamela Fayerman Critics say that healthcare legislation currently before the British Columbia legislature would put patient privacy at risk.
4/22/2008 Q & A with IAPP Canadian Summit Speakers IAPP Elizabeth Denham Social networking has been a hot topic in the media over the past couple of years and has come to define the term "being online" for a generation of young people. Not only has the phenomenon brought forth a new debate on the definition of privacy, the pastime has become so pervasive that today's workplaces are being forced to take a look at how they can adapt to a new generation of workers who are so accustomed to it.
4/18/2008 News Release:  Privacy Commissioner concerned with Ticketmaster's privacy practices  Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada   Canada's Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddard is encouraging Canadian businesses to adopt the highest standard of information protection practices possible to ensure compliance with Canadian privacy law, according to a news release.
4/18/2008 Privacy Commissioner visits Cypress Health Region Prairie Post Aasa Marshall Saskatchewan Privacy Commissioner Gary Dickson visited the Cypress Health Region as part of an ongoing effort to learn the privacy practices and needs of the province's health regions.
4/17/2008 St. Joe's patient files found in dumpster behind coffee shop Hamilton Spectator John Burman About a dozen patient records from St. Joseph's Healthcare in Hamilton, Ontario were found this week in a dumpster located behind an Etobicoke diner. The records were dated from 2001 and were generated by a former resident physician from the hospital whose brother manages the diner.
4/16/2008 Kids don't protect online privacy: survey Calgary Herald Richard Cuthbertson A national Kids Help Phone study revealed that although nearly 75 percent of youngsters believe they know how to stay safe while online, 40 percent of them have divulged personal information to someone they know only online.
4/15/2008 Q & A with IAPP Canadian Summit Speakers IAPP Elizabeth Denham Later this year Canada will launch its National Do Not Call List (DNCL). Created to protect the privacy of Canadian citizens and give them a means for opting-out of solicitous telemarketing calls, the list has come under scrutiny recently, as some have raised questions on exemptions and what happens with telemarketing calls that originate outside of Canada. 
4/10/2008 MRIA demands apology from iOptOut founder Research Brian Tarran & James Verrinder  It's springtime in Canada, but temperatures aren't the only things warming up. In a Research report, the Marketing Research and Intelligence Association (MRIA) challenges allegations that it sought to "undermine" the iOptOut.ca Web site, a site that gives Canadian consumers broader options for opting-out of solicitous telephone calls than Canada's current Do-Not-Call List, set to launch later this year. 
4/9/2008 Canadian firms putting a lock on data privacy Globe and Mail Joanna Pachner Thanks in large part to the efforts of its national and provincial privacy commissioners, Canada's privacy laws and enforcement have earned a reputation as the world's most effective according to a new report by analyst firm Forrester Research 
4/7/2008 Do-Not-Call faces challenges Toronto Star Michael Geist Canada will launch its do-not-call list later this year, but given the number of Canadian entities exempt from the do-not-call law, even those residents who have added their number to the list may hear the phone ringing.
4/7/2008 B.C. centre aims to be first in Canada to track dementia patients wirelessly Globe and Mail Cathryn Atkinson Delta View Habilitation Centre, whose nearly 300 patients are unable to care for themselves, has plans to utilize radio frequency identification technology to help care for patients suffering from dementia.
4/4/2008 Privacy czar probes alleged Net hack by officials Toronto Star Colin Perkel Canada's Office of the Privacy Commissioner is looking into allegations that federal investigators hacked into a woman's Internet access via an unsecured wireless network in order to post comments to a white supremacist Web site. 
4/2/2008 Search warrants for child porn too slow, say RCMP CBC News Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Atlantic Canada say it takes too long for them to get customer information from Internet service provides when investigating child pornography cases.
3/31/2008 Privacy Commissioner raps Home Depot Edmonton Journal Mike Sadava Alberta's privacy commissioner Frank Work has ordered Home Depot Canada to stop collecting what he deems "more information than is necessary" from customers, calling it a violation of privacy legislation.
3/28/2008 US Patriot Act deters Canadians from Google Service Out-law.com Lakehead University staff and students are upset by the fact their university has outsourced its email infrastructure to Google systems that route through the U.S. Concerns that American government authorities may intercept and read their communications under U.S. Patriot Act rules led staff to file an official grievance with university officials. 
4/1/2008 Clarifying Telus's privacy commitment no easy job Vancouver Sun Pete McMartin When it comes to protecting personal privacy, just how much of the burden of responsibility belongs to the consumer? A lot, according to a Canada.com article exploring one woman's path to making sure her telephone service provider would not collect, store, or share her personal information. 
3/24/2008 Patient files found in vacant Yorkton office space Regina Leader Post Angela Hall Saskatchewan's Information and Privacy Commissioner is investigating why five large boxes of physician records for hundreds of patients in the Yorkton region are sitting in a vacant office on 2nd Avenue North. 
3/18/2008 Handhelds, laptops are next privacy frontier Globe and Mail Matt Hartley The case of a man who crossed the Buffalo, NY/Fort Erie, ON Peace Bridge with a laptop computer containing child pornography will put privacy and police powers to the test this week when the case is heard in a Fort Erie courtroom.
3/12/2008 Insurers look to cover hacking damage Globe and Mail Janet McFarland Toronto-based Executive Risk Insurance Services will now cover corporate clients for costs associated with data breaches. So far, only a few Canadian companies have signed up, according to David Griffiths, senior vice-president at insurance broker AON Reed Stenhouse. 
3/10/2008 How Google Earth Ate Our Town Time Rob Shaw You could say Nanaimo residents know their city inside and out, thanks to a collaboration with Google that has mapped the city from its downtown to its landfills, and everyplace between.
3/6/2008 Privacy Commissioners Release New Video Surveillance Guidelines Government of Canada Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada Canada's national and provincial privacy commissioners have issued a set of guidelines outlining video surveillance practice designed to prevent violations of private citizen privacy in keeping with the country's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). 
2/27/2008 CRTC tells telemarketers not to fear do-not-call list CBC News   The Canadian Broadcast Corporation reports that the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) says the country's Do-Not-Call list, scheduled for implementation later this year, is intended to protect consumers from annoying calls and not as a burden to the country's large telecommunications industry.
2/21/2008 Canadian Court Hears Case On Privacy Commish's Powers Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada   The Supreme Court of Canada is considering a case that could affect the investigative authority of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, the office announced recently in a press release. 
2/21/2008 Driver's License Scanning At Clubs Outlawed United Press   News service United Press International reports that a nightclub group in Calgary, Alberta has been ordered to cease its practice of scanning driver's licenses at the door for security purposes.
2/14/2008 Privacy Commissioner Wants Bell Breach Answers The Canadian Press   The Office of Canada's privacy commissioner wants information from Bell Canada following the disclosure of a data breach in which information on 3.4 million customers from Quebec and Ontario was disclosed. 
2/13/2008 Mounties Under Fire For Secret Databases CBC News   The Royal Canadian Mounted Police were criticized in a report issued this week by Canadian Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart for collecting and storing too much unnecessary information in a criminal database.
2/11/2008 Comms Advances Pose Challenges For Government  eGov Monitor Thomas B. Riley The advancement of communications technologies make it easier for nearly everyone, including those working in government, to be more efficient and productive, but the advantages do not come without challenges. Data security and constituent privacy must be top of mind as public employees engage in mobile computing, carrying sensitive information with them on laptop computers and PDAs, for example.
2/8/2008 Privacy Among New Canadian Law Highlights The Lawyer's Weekly Michael Geist An A-Z summary of new developments in Canadian law, including a number of privacy-related updates.
2/7/2008 Opinion: Did Data Privacy Day Matter?  Halifax Chronicle Herald Bob Doherty Privacy and security consultant Bob Doherty notes that International Data Privacy Day, promoted for the first time in North America by the IAPP after years of observation in Europe, came and went without much fanfare.
2/6/2008 Opinion:  Some Personal Info Not That Personal AIM Global Bert Moore The defination of Personal Information is too broad to be practical.
2/6/2008 Employers Must Use Caution When Monitoring Employees IT Business Brian Jackson With issues of liability and lost productivity at stake, and with an abundance of tools available, Canadian employers are spending more time monitoring their employees.
2/6/2008 Privacy Commissioners Meet In BC, Oppose License Plan The Province Lindsay Kines Canadian privacy commissioners convened in Victoria, British Columbia yesterday to discuss a number of privacy issues facing the country. Tops on the list was BC's plan to issue RFID "enhanced" driver's licenses, which the province says provide benefits such as crossing the U.S. border without a passport.
2/5/2008 Privacy Commissioners Issue Resolution On Enhanced ID Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada   In a press release issued this week by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada following a biannual meeting of Canadian privacy commissioners in Victoria, British Columbia, the Commissioners affirmed their "continued opposition to national identity cards and systems" in a multi-point statement.
2/5/2008 Border Agency Wants Passenger Lists In Advance The Observer   The Canadian Border Services Agency says it wants transportation firms to provide electronic passenger lists in advance of border crossings. 
2/4/2008 Healthcare RFID Is Not Big Brother itbusiness.ca Vawn Himmelsbach Privacy protections already in place mean adoption of RFID within the country's healthcare system does not pose a threat to patient privacy.
12/6/2007 Governments Grapple With Best Way To Authenticate Citizens For Online Services InterGovWorld.com  Rosie Lombardi Exploring the challenge of establishing a reliable method to authenticate the identity of citizens who take advantage of online services.
12/3/2007 More Trial Delays For Former Privacy Commissioner, Chief Of Staff Ottawa Citizen Paula McCooey More delays are expected in the scheduling of a trial date for Canada's former privacy commissioner and his chief of staff.
12/1/2007 Industry Canada Opens Up PIPEDA Recommendations To Public Comments IT World Canada Briony Smith Of three recent reviews of Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), Industry Canada's study and recommendations produced much more concrete recommendations. 
11/27/2007 Government Breach Exposes Canadians' Health Data vnunet.com Shaun Nichols Medical care plan numbers, age, gender, doctors' names and test results for diseases including HIV and hepatitis, were exposed by a consultant who had taken a government desktop system home. The breach apparently occurred through an unprotected Internet connection. 
11/22/2007 Experts Say ID Theft Law is Only One Aspect Of Prevention The Canadian Press Terry Pedwell While the government's proposed ID theft law received praise from banks and business groups, Canada's Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart urged Ottawa to "move further in addressing what has become an increasingly global problem." 
11/19/2007 Opinion: Survey Finds One In Five Execs Say Their Companies Don't Use Anti-Virus Software The London Free Press David Canton Just 37 percent of Canadian executives who participated in a survey said they are confident that data in their companies is protected against attacks.
11/14/2007 Concern Escalates About Security Of Digital Student Records The Globe and Mail Siri Agrell A recent incident in Alberta involving the loss of a memory stick containing names, addresses and telephone numbers for more than 500 students has garnered attention about the lack of data security protocols for digital student records.
11/13/2007 Employers Find It Difficult To Find Clarity On Internet-Use Monitoring Policies The Globe and Mail Mary Kirwan This GlobeandMail.com blog addresses the difficulties companies face when creating an IT-acceptable use policy that balances employees' inevitable use of the Internet to send personal emails and surf the Web, with appropriate monitoring to ensure security and compliance with workplace-related laws.
11/13/2007 Privacy Commissioner Is Tired Of Repeating Same Message Edmonton Sun Glenn Kauth Frank Work, Alberta's Information and Privacy Commissioner, said he is "losing patience" with repeating messages about information security following a recent data breach involving the loss of an unencrypted memory stick containing information on students at 23 schools.
11/6/2007 Canada's Privacy Chief: No-Fly List 'Is Totally Opaque'  canada.com Kim Bolan Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart told the Air India inquiry in Ottawa that she has seen little rationale for Canada's new no-fly list. 
11/4/2007 Debate Continues On Criteria For Public Disclosure Of Breaches  canada.com Carly Weeks Industry Canada is supportive of breach notification in "the case of certain defined breaches, where a high risk of significant harm to individuals or organizations exists." But that does not suffice, according to privacy experts quoted in this CanWest News Service article.
10/25/2007 UBC Tracked His Theft Of Time The Province Susan Lazaruk The University of British Columbia used spyware to help build a case to dismiss an engineering technician who then filed a complaint with the province's privacy commission. The university installed the spyware in December 2004, which found that his non-work related Web use ranged from 34 minutes to four hours a day. 
10/25/2007 TTC's cameras face privacy probe thestar.com Paola Loriggio Ontario's Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian is investigating a complaint filed by Privacy International over a plan to install a $21 million security system in Toronto's transit system.
10/23/2007 Universities struggle to protect student private info from U.S. Patriot Act Macleans.ca Staff Writer Concerns about the U.S. Patriot Act have forced Canadian universities to make changes to comply with provincial legislation on the books to prevent access to Canadians' personal data.
10/18/2007 Federal privacy chief urges law revamp InterGovWorld.com  Lisa Williams Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart has released her 2006-2007 Annual Report on the Privacy Act. The survey, which was conducted by EKOS Research Associates, indicates that Canadians increasingly are worried about the protection of their personal information. 
10/18/2007 Is that a SIN card in your pocket? Privacy commissioner hopes not CBC News   Nearly half of all Canadians carry their SIN card in their wallets -- increasing their chances of ID theft, according to a poll of 2,000 people commissioned by Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart. To reduce the likelihood of becoming a victim of ID theft, Stoddart is recommending that Canadians take basic precautions to prevent exposure to ID theft -- beginning with the removal of their social insurance cards from their wallets.
10/18/2007 Ottawa Blasted Over Privacy Toronto Star Richard Brennan Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart this week voiced concern over the government's exchange of Canadians' personal information with law enforcement and other government agencies in the U.S. and elsewhere. 
9/19/2007 CIPPIC Applications Violate PIPEDA The Globe and Mail Jack Kapica The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) of the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa has issued a report titled, Digital Rights Management and Consumer Privacy: An Assessment of DRM Applications Under Canadian Privacy Law. 
1/3/2007 RFID Industry Gathers In Toronto National Post Craig Offman During last week's RFID Journal Live Canada conference in Toronto, companies that sell and use RFID discussed the current and potential uses of the technology for tracking inventory.

 

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