https://blog.privacylawyer.ca/2010/01/?m=0
Canadian Privacy Law Blog: January 2010
The Canadian Privacy Law Blog: Developments in privacy law and writings of a Canadian privacy lawyer, containing information related to the Personal...
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https://blog.privacylawyer.ca/2006/07/alberta-commissioner-releases.html
Canadian Privacy Law Blog: Alberta Commissioner releases summaries of cases with educational value
The Information and Privacy Commisisoner of Alberta has published a sample of cases on its website that are considered to have educational o...
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https://blog.privacylawyer.ca/2005/10/spyware-can-constitute-illegal.html
Canadian Privacy Law Blog: Spyware can constitute illegal trespass on home computers
A Federal Court in Chicago has held that spyware makers may be subject to liability for trespass to chattels. In a motion to dismiss before ...
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https://blog.privacylawyer.ca/2007/02/no-sneaky-pc-searches-in-germany.html
Canadian Privacy Law Blog: No sneaky PC searches in Germany
A federal court in Germany has concluded that law enforcement are not permitted to remotely search suspects' computers. They continue to be ...
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https://blog.privacylawyer.ca/2005/05/are-security-breaches-on-rise-or-are.html
Canadian Privacy Law Blog: Are security breaches on the rise or are we just hearing about them more...
The San Francisco Chronicle is citing the "ChoicePoint Effect", which means that more companies are willing to fess up when something goes a...
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Canadian Privacy Law Blog
The Canadian Privacy Law Blog: Developments in privacy law and writings of a Canadian privacy lawyer, containing information related to the Personal...
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https://blog.privacylawyer.ca/2005/04/aeroplan-rapped-over-data-security.html
Canadian Privacy Law Blog: Aeroplan rapped over data security
Aeroplan is once again in the privacy hot-seat, according to this article from the Globe and Mail. This time, it is for inadequate security ...
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https://blog.privacylawyer.ca/2011/04/why-internet-privacy-matters.html?showComment=1302648763224
Canadian Privacy Law Blog: Why internet privacy matters
Over the last couple of days, I've blogged a bit about the proposed legislation that came to be known as Bill C-52 in the last session of P...
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https://blog.privacylawyer.ca/2024/02/?m=0
Canadian Privacy Law Blog: February 2024
The Canadian Privacy Law Blog: Developments in privacy law and writings of a Canadian privacy lawyer, containing information related to the Personal...
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https://blog.privacylawyer.ca/2006/01/how-to-not-be-evil-as-online-business.html
Canadian Privacy Law Blog: How to not be evil as an online business
Google's mantra apparently is " don't be evil ". While Google has been generally applauded around the blogosphere for fighting the subpoena...
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https://blog.privacylawyer.ca/2008/07/judge-orders-that-youtube-hand-over.html
Canadian Privacy Law Blog: Judge orders that YouTube hand over viewer records
This is some pretty scary stuff. Not only has Viacom (shame on Viacom) demanded that Google hand over the records of all users who viewed ce...
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https://blog.privacylawyer.ca/2014/04/charmaine-borg-mp-introduces-private.html
Canadian Privacy Law Blog: Charmaine Borg MP introduces private members bill to add breach...
Charmaine Borg, the NDP's digital issues critic and the most activist MP in the area of privacy has tabled Bill C-580 to update the federal ...
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https://blog.privacylawyer.ca/2006/03/use-of-stolen-credit-cards-leads-to.html?showComment=1196158380000
Canadian Privacy Law Blog: Use of stolen credit cards leads to false accusations
If your personal information is compromised, the threat of fraud may pale in comparison to being falsely accused of being involved with ille...
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https://blog.privacylawyer.ca/2008/10/web-20-and-online-evidence.html
Canadian Privacy Law Blog: Web 2.0 and online evidence
Chris Pierre of the Evince Blog and I recently had an interesting discussion about privacy and investigations that garner evidence from the...
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https://blog.privacylawyer.ca/2013/01/happy-data-privacy-day.html
Canadian Privacy Law Blog: Happy data privacy day!
Today is international data privacy day . I am sure there'll be some interesting content posted through the day around the world to acknowle...
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https://blog.privacylawyer.ca/2005/10/are-private-e-mails-really-private.html
Canadian Privacy Law Blog: Are Private E-Mails Really Private?
Law.Com's Legal Technology department has an interesting article on the use of e-mails of former employees in connection with litigation. Th...
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https://blog.privacylawyer.ca/2008/07/canadian-it-law-association-annual.html
Canadian Privacy Law Blog: Canadian IT Law Association annual conference
The Canadian IT Law Association 's annual conference is in Halifax this year. In addition to famous Maritime hospitality, attendees can expe...
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https://blog.privacylawyer.ca/2008/05/?m=0
Canadian Privacy Law Blog: May 2008
The Canadian Privacy Law Blog: Developments in privacy law and writings of a Canadian privacy lawyer, containing information related to the Personal...
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https://blog.privacylawyer.ca/2005/12/privacy-commissioner-calls-on-yukon.html
Canadian Privacy Law Blog: Privacy commissioner calls on Yukon gov't to act
I think that Information and Privacy Commissioners in Canada are used to being ignored by the governments they keep tabs on. It is a bit of ...
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https://blog.privacylawyer.ca/2015/04/why-privilege-matters-in-privacy-advice.html?showComment=1428463098022
Canadian Privacy Law Blog: Why privilege matters in privacy advice
After a data breach, a company can easily find that the due diligence it exercised to avoid the breach in the first place can readily be tur...
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https://blog.privacylawyer.ca/2008/03/us-federal-court-limits-employment-drug.html
Canadian Privacy Law Blog: US Federal Court limits employment drug testing
This is an interesting development: The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled against a municipality that argued it was...
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https://blog.privacylawyer.ca/2005/03/personal-information-is-powder-keg-or.html
Canadian Privacy Law Blog: Personal information is a powder keg -- or an underground storage tank
When giving presentations to companies on managing privacy risks, I often describe customer databases as akin to underground storage tanks. ...
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https://blog.privacylawyer.ca/2004/10/incident-purdue-computers-hacked.html
Canadian Privacy Law Blog: Incident: Purdue computers hacked
eWeek is reporting that the computer network at Purdue has been hacked into and sysadmins are urging all users to change their passwords. Th...
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https://blog.privacylawyer.ca/2006/12/blogging-pieda-hearings-day-8.html?m=0
Canadian Privacy Law Blog: Blogging the PIEDA hearings - day 8
Michael Geist has posted notes from the eighth day of the PIEPDA hearings , at which the Canadian Medical Association, the Canadian Pharmaci...
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https://blog.privacylawyer.ca/2007/10/professor-valerie-steeves-on-childrens.html
Canadian Privacy Law Blog: Professor Valerie Steeves on Children's Privacy Online
From the Terra Incognita conference, Google Video has a very interesting twenty minute presentation by Professor Valerie Steeves on kids pri...
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https://blog.privacylawyer.ca/2014/10/?m=0
Canadian Privacy Law Blog: October 2014
The Canadian Privacy Law Blog: Developments in privacy law and writings of a Canadian privacy lawyer, containing information related to the Personal...
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https://blog.privacylawyer.ca/2010/05/tsa-employee-arrested-for-assault-after.html
Canadian Privacy Law Blog: TSA employee arrested for assault after being teased about what body...
With all the fuss over full body scanners in airports, I did not expect this. According to The Smoking Gun, an airport security officer ha...
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https://blog.privacylawyer.ca/2004/11/more-on-car-based-black-boxes.html
Canadian Privacy Law Blog: More on car-based black boxes
Fox News is carrying an article on car-based event data recorders, also known as black boxes. It's an interesting article, but it passes ove...
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https://blog.privacylawyer.ca/2005/11/modest-proposal-for-security-breach.html
Canadian Privacy Law Blog: A modest proposal for security breach notification
Currently, there's a significant debate raging in the United States as the Congress considers a whole range of proposals related to an organ...
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https://blog.privacylawyer.ca/2005/07/cardsystems-threatened-with-extinction.html
Canadian Privacy Law Blog: CardSystems threatened with extinction due to Visa and AMEX termination
The CEO of CardSystems testfied before the US House Financial Services Subcommittee that his company is likely to shut down because Visa and...
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