Sometimes legislative or regulatory definitions create ambiguity rather than clarity. The definition of “family relationship” in the draft Industry Canada regulations regarding Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) is a case...more
5/13/2013
- Anti-Spam Legislation CAN-SPAM Act Canada Spam
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) has announced that the Federal Trade Commission, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, the OPC and the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British...more
5/7/2013
- Canada EU Internet Privacy Internet Privacy Protection Acts
Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) restricts the ability of organizations to send commercial electronic messages without the consent of the recipient....more
5/6/2013
- Canada Consent Electronic Communications
The #1 item on my “tough love list” for New Year’s 2013 was “Enough of the Unencrypted USB Keys“.
You won’t have been alone if you didn’t tackle that in the first quarter of 2013.
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4/23/2013
- Canada Data Breach Encryption Portability
The scourge of online defamation poses enforcement challenges for victims. So much so that there may be a temptation to begin looking for gatekeepers. The direction of the law appears to be ready to assist....more
4/4/2013
- Blogs Canada Damages Defamation EU Internet
The use of personal email for business is a significant problem for records retention and privacy programs.
On March 18, 2013, the British Columbia Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPBC) announced an...more
3/19/2013
- Canada Data Protection Data Retention Email FIPPA PIPA
On February 22, 2013, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) released a report of findings in connection with a complaint that an employee at a mobile phone company improperly altered a phone contract of a...more
2/26/2013
- Cell Phones OPC Personally Identifiable Information PIPEDA
In Kniss v. The Privacy Commissioner of Canada, the Federal Court concluded that an investigative decision by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) should not be the subject of judicial review because the...more
1/30/2013
- Judicial Review OPC PIPEDA
On Data Privacy Day (January 28), the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) amended its notice regarding a mandatory code for wireless services and invited Canadians to comment on the proposed...more
1/30/2013
- CRTC Data Protection Wireless Technology
As I mentioned in an earlier post, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) and the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) announced the results of their coordinated investigation into a mobile messaging platform...more
1/29/2013
- Internet Mobile Devices OPC Privacy Policy Texting
