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Privacy
PIAC Comments on the Draft Regulations to the Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL)
Tuesday, Feb 05, 2013Canadian consumers have a direct and crucial interest in the timely and efficient implementation of the anti-spam regulations which have been the subject of this version of the proposed regulations as well as the prior version, which PIAC commented upon together with Option consommateurs. In this filing with Industry Canada, PIAC argues for prompt adoption of the regulations and cautions ...
PIAC Complaint Upheld: Privacy Commissioner Finds Social Network Must Respect Teen Privacy
Thursday, Mar 01, 2012FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Attention: News and Business Editors PIAC Complaint Upheld: Privacy Commissioner Finds Social Network Must Respect Teen Privacy March 1, 2012 (OTTAWA)— The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada decision released today finding popular youth-oriented social networking site Nexopia.com Inc.’s privacy practices are in violation of Canadian privacy law comes in ...
Lawful Access Legislation Lacks Safeguards
Tuesday, Feb 14, 2012Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 14, 2012 Lawful Access Legislation Lacks Safeguards OTTAWA –The Government’s “lawful access” bill lacks essential safeguards to protect consumers’ privacy, today warned the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC). The short-titled Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act, Bill C-30 introduced today in Parliament, has weak ...
(Un)Lawful Access Legislation – Ottawa Public Forum
Wednesday, Feb 01, 2012(Un)Lawful Access Legislation – Ottawa Forum ABOUT ONLINE SPYING : The government is trying to push through a set of electronic surveillance laws that will invade your privacy and cost you money. The plan is to force every phone and Internet provider to allow “authorities” to collect the private information of any Canadian, at any time, without a warrant. Learn more and sign ...
Change data breach bill to notify more consumers, New PIAC report
Monday, Jan 09, 2012The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) today released a report entitled “Data Breaches: Worth Noticing?”. The report examines data breach notification in Canada in the private sector in general and in particular whether the proposed federal data breach notification law (Bill C-12) is adequate to protect Canadian consumers. “Data breaches affect consumer confidence in the new ...