Archive for December, 2011
Alberta Privacy Commissioner wants Privacy Act Amendment given Court Ruling
- on December 5, 2011
- in Court Decisions, PrivaTips
Alberta’s Privacy Commissioner, Frank Work, is calling on government to strengthen the province’s privacy laws after the Supreme Court of Canada recently dismissed the Commissioner’s application for leave to appeal a 2008 ruling. The Alberta Court of Appeal found Leon’s Furniture Ltd. breached Alberta’s Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) by collecting customer’s licence plates and driver’s licence numbers while picking up furniture. Alberta laws say businesses can “reasonably” collect and use personal information, however Work ruled that Leon’s had no reason to collect the information they did.
Read More»Saskatchewan Court Finds ISPs Didn’t Violate Privacy Rights in Naming Internet Users
- on December 5, 2011
- in Court Decisions, PrivaTips
In rejecting a constitutional challenge by two men convicted of child pornography charges, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has ruled no Charter violation occurred when Internet service providers gave police information on their customers.
Read More»Federal Privacy Commissioner Finds Government Privacy Breaches Need Attention
- on December 5, 2011
- in Commissioner Decisions, PrivaTips
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada’s Annual Report, tabled in the House of Commons in November, outlined that the Federal Government reported a record number of breaches of personal information to the Commissioner’s office last year.
The Commissioner also release audit reports involving the RCMP and CATSA, finding both of these public bodies have some cleaning up to do on the privacy front.
Read More»Businesses Unclear on Cloud Computing
A recently released Microsoft Canada survey conducted by Leger Marketing found that Canadian businesses are unclear when it comes to cloud computing. This confusion comes as no surprise because “cloud” can refer to a wide variety of different services. Simply put, the cloud is a network-based way to cost-effectively process, manage and stall data.
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