Privacy
PIAC files Privacy Complaint Against Nexopia
Tuesday, Jan 19, 2010(OTTAWA)— The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC), a consumer advocacy group based in Ottawa, yesterday asked the Privacy Commissioner of Canada to investigate alleged violations of Canadian privacy law by Nexopia.com Inc., creator of the Edmonton-based popular youth and teen social networking site, Nexopia. PIAC’s 35 page complaint identified six Nexopia privacy practices that it says ...
Tracking Consumers Online – Behavioural Targeted Advertising and a “Do Not Track List” in Canada
Thursday, Dec 03, 2009(OTTAWA)— The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) today released a report entitled “A ‘Do Not Track List’ for Canada?”, that examines online behavioural targeted advertising and online behavioural tracking. This practice consists of tracking consumers’ online activities to target advertising to individual consumers based on their online history, preferences and attributes. In recent years, ...
Children’s Privacy Threatened by Play Websites and Social Networking
Tuesday, Nov 04, 2008Attention: News and Business Editors November 4, 2008 Children’s Privacy Threatened by Play Websites and Social Networking (OTTAWA)— The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) today released a report, “All in the Data Family: Children’s Privacy Online”, calling for amendments to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) that would prohibit collection, use, ...
Data Breach Notification Proposal is Carte Blanche for Business Data Spills
Friday, Apr 25, 2008The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) appeared at the stakeholder consultation meeting held by Industry Canada on April 11, 2008 in Ottawa regarding a Proposed Model for Data Breach Notification. At the close of this meeting, it was indicated that parties could submit final comments on the proposed model. PIAC submitted today its comments on the proposal. PIAC criticized the proposal for ...
PIAC Criticizes Industry Canada’s Privacy Comments
Thursday, Jan 24, 2008On January 15, 2008, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) criticized Industry Canada’s comments regarding a report on the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) conducted by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information and Ethics. Issues commented on by PIAC include data breach notification, children’s privacy, public safety consent, and ...