As of today, all internet service providers in Europe are required by law to retain information about every e-mail and VOIP call made by their users thanks to the .
BBC NEWS Technology Net firms start storing user data
Details of user e-mails and net phone calls will be stored by internet service providers (ISPs) from Monday [...]
The Industry Minister tabled the Electronic Commerce Protection Act (ECPA) in Parliament at the end of last week.
Here’s the government’s press release and backgrounder:
Government of Canada Protects Canadians with the Electronic Commerce Protection Act
OTTAWA, April 24, 2009 — The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry, today announced that the Government of Canada is delivering on [...]
Presuably to counteract the effects of the Information and Privacy Commissioner’s decision that bans siping licenses at bars in the province (Alberta Commissioner forbids license scanning), the Alberta legislature is considering Bill 42 which permits the collection of similar information:
Legislative Assembly of Alberta – Bill 42: Gaming and Liquor Amendment Act, 2009
Collection of personal information [...]
Michael Geist’s most recent Toronto Star Column addresses the fine print in ISP customer agreements that purport to permit the ISP to hand customer names and addresses to the police without a warrant.
Read Michael’s column:
Scott McNealy, the former CEO of Sun Microsystems, has achieved considerable notoriety for having warned Internet users ten years ago that [...]
The Sun in the UK is reporting that a cheating husband has been caught by his curious wife after she checked out a friend’s house on Google Street View and noticed her husband’s Range Rover parked in front of the house. She says he was supposed to be away on business at the time, which [...]
Google has just sent webmasters who use Google’s AdSense a notice suggesting that privacy policies need to be updated because the ad service is going to be much more targeted. Here’s what landed in my inbox:
Hi,
We’re writing to let you know about the upcoming launch of interest-based advertising, which will require you to review and [...]
The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario is calling for implementing privacy filters to mitigate part of the damage to privacy caused by whole body scanners that are appearing soon in an airport near you.
IPC – Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario Whats New Summary
Whole Body Imaging (WBI) technologies – which have been [...]
According to CanWest, the Privacy Commissioner is taking Air Canada to court over access to customer information that the airline claims is covered by solicitor-client privilege:
OTTAWA — Canada’s privacy commissioner is taking Air Canada to court to compel the airline to release records involving a so-called “unruly” customer, arguing passengers should be able to know [...]
