James Wood reports: Gary Dickson’s call this week for a change to the province’s privacy laws to eliminate a gap around SGI’s handling of health information is just the latest plea from the province’s information and privacy commissioner for an overhaul of what he says is out-of-date legislation. But with only the spring sitting of…
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A Big Victory for the Little Guy: PIPEDA protects judgment debtor’s right to privacy
Antonin I. Pribetic writes: Today’s Court of Appeal for Ontario judgment in Citi Cards Canada Inc. v. Pleasance, 2011 ONCA 3 (Ont. C.A.) is an important victory for judgment debtors and upholds debtor privacy rights under Ontario’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, S.C. 2000, c. 5, (“PIPEDA”). The appeal dealt with the issue of whether a judgment…
Privacy in France: 2010 review, 2011 perspectives
Lionel de Souza writes: The beginning of the New Year gives us an opportunity to reflect on the evolution of privacy in France over the past twelve months and also to consider the new challenges and opportunities that will develop in 2011. 2010 was a year of evolution for the French data protection authority, the Commission…
Man claims to be Scotland’s first FourSquare cyberstalking victim
An unidentified 26 year old freelance designer has called in the police after falling victim to the obsessive attentions of a female stalker. The designer’s travails began when he met the woman at an exhibition nine months ago, a chance encounter which quickly turned nasty. What started out as cyberstalking on social media sites has…