From the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Alberta: Amendments to the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) were proclaimed in force on May 1, 2010, and added a new requirement for organizations to notify the Information and Privacy Commissioner of incidents “involving the loss of or unauthorized access to or disclosure of personal information where…
Category: Laws
There’s Something About ECPA
Larry Downes writes: I write in “The Laws of Disruption” of the risk of unintended consequences that regulators run in legislating emerging technologies. Because the pace of change for these technologies is so much faster than it is for law, the likelihood of defining a legal problem and crafting a solution that will address it…
Guernsey: Data protection law amended to include prison time
Michael Adkins of Collas Day summarizes amendments to the Data Protection (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law. According to Wikipedia, Guernsey is a possession of the UK and not part of the UK nor part of the EU. Of particular interest to me in their amendments: Section 55(2) has been amended to offer further exemptions to people…
WV: New law to change how police officers search vehicles
Erica Peterson broke: Despite the fact that West Virginia’s population is about 95 percent white, a recent study by the state Division of Criminal Justice Services found that minority drivers in West Virginia are 1.5 times more likely to be stopped by police than white drivers. And once those drivers are stopped, minority drivers are…