Canadian Privacy

Date	Article Title	Publication	Author	Synopsis

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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