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22 Mar 2013, 1:52 pm
Following the lead of Google, Twitter and Facebook, Microsoft has released its first "Transparency report" which provides some visibility into the number of law enforcement requests for user data it receives and what its policies are regarding the disclosure of such data: 2012 Law Enforcement Requests Report. [read post]
21 Mar 2013, 3:10 am
I've written in the last little while about how we need to put the government under the same level of scrutiny that has been given to the private sector, especially in light of the nature of the relationship citizens have with the government. [read post]
16 Mar 2013, 4:15 am
Earlier this month, a US district court judge dismissed a $5 million class action lawsuit brought against LinkedIn related to the breach of its password database. [read post]
15 Mar 2013, 4:24 pm
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is reporting that a US Federal District Court judge in San Francisco has ruled that National Security Letters are unconstitutional as a violation of the First Amendment of the US Constitution and the separation of powers. [read post]
14 Mar 2013, 2:53 am
The CBC is reporting on the Canadian Government's relatively new Standard on Privacy and Web Analytics, which was launched earlier this year. [read post]
14 Mar 2013, 1:39 am
On February 26, 2013, Charmaine Borg introduced Private Member’s Bill C-475 (41-1), an Act to amend the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (order-making power), to the House of Commons. [read post]
12 Mar 2013, 3:58 am
In PIPEDA Report of Findings # 2012-009, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada considered a complaint brought by an individual against an insurance company for the disclosure of personal information to the complainant’s employer without her consent. [read post]
12 Mar 2013, 3:57 am
In two related complaints against two summer camps, the Assistant Privacy Commissioner of Canada faulted the camps for exchanging information about a camp applicant without adequate consent. [read post]
5 Mar 2013, 5:48 pm
Again, Google leads the way in transparency about government demands for user information. [read post]
25 Feb 2013, 6:47 pm
The Toronto Star is reporting that the Privacy Commissioner's investigation of the loss of a USB device containing the sensitive personal information, health information and financial information of 5000 people has expanded to include Justice Canada. [read post]
22 Feb 2013, 5:54 am
The portions of the twitterverse that I follow were abuzz yesterday with posts about how, in Canada, the police can search your cell phone without a warrant unless it is password protected following the release of the Ontario Court of Appeal decision in R. [read post]
15 Feb 2013, 6:13 am
Representatives of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada appeared before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (HUMA) to account for HRSDC's data loss. [read post]
Despite the Silicon Valley boogeymen, the Canadian government is the greatest threat to your privacy
15 Feb 2013, 4:43 am
Jesse Brown at Macleans.ca has had a great series of four posts on his blog there, which highlight that despite all the attention being lavished on Facebook, Google, WhatsApp and other American internet companies, the most ignored threat to the privacy of Canadians is the Government. [read post]
11 Feb 2013, 2:46 pm
According to the CBC, Bill C-30 is officially dead and any replacement measure will not have a provision for warrantless access to customer information: Government killing online surveillance bill - Politics - CBC NewsFederal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson says the controversial Bill C-30, known as the online surveillance or warrantless wiretapping bill, won't go ahead due to opposition from the public.Canadians rallied against the bill after the public safety minister told an opposition MP that he… [read post]
1 Feb 2013, 5:49 pm
Once again, a public sector trade union is using supposed privacy concerns as a lever to prevent outsourcing: Hospital Employees’ Union requests investigation into transcription privatization. [read post]
30 Jan 2013, 3:56 am
Earlier this week, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada released its report of findings against the popular, cross-platform instant messaging app. [read post]
28 Jan 2013, 5:27 am
Today is international data privacy day. [read post]
26 Jan 2013, 7:23 am
A group of civil society organizations and privacy activists are calling upon Microsoft and Skype to be much more forthcoming about Skype's privacy practices, particularly those related to disclosures of user information to governments and law enforcement. [read post]
25 Jan 2013, 10:57 am
HRSDC has decided to do the right thing -- which it should have done one day one: provide credit protection services to the more than half a million individuals affected by the HRSDC missing hard drive fiasco. [read post]
15 Jan 2013, 4:15 am
The Canadian Press, via the CBC, is reporting on a series of new data breaches from British Columbia that likely involved millions of health records. [read post]
