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Globe & Mail: Lawful Access bill should be sent back to the drawing board
May 15th, 2012

John Ibbitson's column in the Globe & Mail suggests that Bill C-30 should be sent back to the drawing board since it will never be passed in its present (comatose) state. Once re-drafted from scratch, it should be introduced by a different minister because of the way Vic Toews mishandled it the... Read more »

Cloud Computing and the Patriot Act: A Red Herring?
May 11th, 2012

The 2012 International Association of Privacy Professionals Canada Symposium has just wrapped up. I had the pleasure of giving a presentation on cloud computing and the USA PATRIOT Act with Lindsey Finch, the Senior Global Privacy Counsel with salesforce.com. Our presentation is here: Cloud Computi... Read more »

Privacy icons a la creative commons
May 8th, 2012

A group of law students have put together a scheme of icons to describe in a succinct way a website's privacy practices (much like the creative commons icons), so you'll know at a glance what to expect. Check it out: Privacy Simplified. One big problem, however, is that they are binary (yes/no). Fo... Read more »

Alberta Court of Appeal finds applying provincial privacy law to picket-line activities unconstitutional
May 7th, 2012

You may recall in September of last year when the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench declared portions of the province's Personal Information Protection Act to be unconstitutional (See: Alberta court declares portions of provincial privacy law unconstitutional). As expected, the case was appealed and th... Read more »

FBI seeking wiretap-ready internet, like Canada
May 4th, 2012

There's a lot of buzz around the internet on the FBI's quiet effort to have the Communications Assistance to Law Enforocement Act expanded beyond traditional telcos to include anyone who provides communications services online. (See: FBI: We need wiretap-ready Web sites -- now.)If this sounds oddly... Read more »

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