Privacy and Information Security news stories affecting Canada and the Fediverse.
Information and privacy issues surround new royalty legislation …Calgary Herald – AB, CanadaAlberta’s information and privacy commissioner is raising an alarm over the government’s proposed royalty legislation, contending one of…
CIRA’s ‘whois’ policy a stunning setback for privacyToronto Star – Ontario, CanadaSeveral years in the making, the new whois policy was to have conformed with national privacy laws by providing…
Alleged hacking of woman’s Internet by federal officials subject …CJFW – Terrace,BC,CanadaTORONTO – Canada’s privacy office is looking into allegations that federal human-rights investigators tapped into an unwitting woman’s Internet…
Civil liberties group says BC school survey violates privacy …The Canadian Press – VANCOUVERVANCOUVER — The BC Civil Liberties Association says a survey of provincial high school students violates the…
City police to appeal privacy watchdog’s ruling on pawnshopsEdmonton Sun, Canada By Sun Media City police will argue against the provincial privacy watchdog’s recent ruling barring the electronic collection of…
Privacy commissioner raps Home DepotCanada.com – Hamilton,Ontario,CanadaEDMONTON – Alberta’s privacy commissioner has ordered Home Depot Canada to stop collecting driver’s licence information and storing it on its American … The…