A Saskatchewan woman who refused to fill out the census over privacy concerns was given an absolute discharged Thursday, after being found guilty last week of refusing to fill in the form in 2006. Judge Sheila Whelan announced the sentence for Sandra Finley on Thursday in Saskatoon provincial court. Read more on Canada.com
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Ca: Privacy commissioner says she may need power to fine
Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart says the complaints-based system for regulating privacy breaches may not be up to snuff and that her office may need the power to levy fines to get companies to pay attention. Stoddart made the comments Wednesday in a speech to the Centre for Law, Technology and Society at the University of…
Alberta privacy ruling forces change at Staples
Bill Mah reports: Alberta’s privacy commissioner has ordered Staples Canada to better protect personal information on computers brought in for repair. In a finding released Wednesday, the office supplies retailer was told to ask customers who bring in computers for repair whether the unit contains a hard drive. Staples must also ask customers if they…
ECHR upholds Campbell v MGN
Thanks to Inforrm’s Blog, I just found out about RPC Privacy Blog, a new privacy blog by the UK law firm of Reynolds Porter Chamberlain. What better way to introduce readers to them than by providing an excerpt from their coverage of today’s European Court of Human Rights decision in MGN v. United Kingdom, a…