Rob Shaw and Lindsay Kines report that British Columbia has a new Information and Privacy Commissioner: Canada’s assistant privacy commissioner, whose investigation into Facebook forced the social networking site to improve its privacy policies, has been selected as B.C.’s new privacy watchdog. Elizabeth Denham was appointed Information and Privacy Commissioner yesterday, after a vote by…
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Canada’s Supreme Court rejects media immunity
Shannon Kari reports: Freedom of expression guarantees in the Charter of Rights do not extend to an absolute right for the media to protect confidential sources, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday. The court, in an 8-1 decision, ruled against the National Post and ordered it to turn over an allegedly forged document and…
Ca: Top court to rule on media’s ability to shield confidential sources
Janice Tibbetts reports: The Supreme Court of Canada will rule Friday on whether Canadian media — like journalists in several other Western countries — should be protected from divulging their confidential sources to police to help with criminal investigations. The National Post newspaper, supported by civil libertarians and a coalition of media groups, seeks to…
AU: Forensic police who refused to supply DNA sent back to general duties
Robyn Ironside reports: Five police forensics officers have been booted out of their roles for refusing to supply DNA samples to their employer. The Queensland Police Service had given the officers until March 1 to provide a “voluntary” sample for the purpose of eliminating their DNA from crime scenes. As many as 50 per cent…