Don’t use the Patriot Act as an excuse Posted on July 5, 2010 by Jennifer Kavur 05 Jul 2010, ComputerWorld Canada Canadians are quick to use the U.S.A. Patriot Act as an excuse to avoid cloud computing, but they might not know many of the same laws already exist in Canada. Privacy lawyer David Fraser highlights the similarities at an OPC-hosted event.
OPC gathers input on privacy and cloud computing Posted on June 22, 2010 by Jennifer Kavur 22 Jun 2010, ComputerWorld Canada The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada is making its rounds across the country to gather input for an upcoming review of PIPEDA. Highlights from a panel discussion in Calgary between IBM, the EFF, CBS News and Syntenic.
Facebook agreement with Canada will impact everyone Posted on August 28, 2009 by Jennifer Kavur 28 Aug 2009, ComputerWorld Canada If having an affect on 250 million users around the world weren’t enough, upcoming changes to Facebook’s privacy policies and practices are likely to spawn a chain reaction among all the other major social media sites, impact business marketing practices and address everyone who doesn’t have a Facebook account.
Canada takes leading role in Facebook privacy issues Posted on August 19, 2009 by Jennifer Kavur 19 Aug 2009, ComputerWorld Canada Discussions between Facebook and the Privacy Commissioner of Canada over the social networking site’s compliance with Canadian federal privacy law are moving along smoothly. Lawyers and analysts say the chances of the issue escalating to court are slim.
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