Kelly Fiveash reported yesterday: The Pirate Bay has been out of action for the best part of a day, after its Netherlands-based ISP was ordered to halt its service to the BitTorrent tracker site. NForce, which TPB switched to last weekend, responded to a request from Dutch anti-piracy group Brein (statement translated from Dutch to…
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Tories ‘to end criminal privacy’
The Tories say they will end what they call the “automatic privacy” of criminals, by giving police powers to reveal their identities to the public. The party says public safety is coming second to the rights of some criminals, including dangerous fugitives. It blames the Human Rights Act, which it has pledged to abolish if…
Canadians must take more responsibility for online lives: privacy czar
Sarah Schmidt reports: Young Canadians need to “think twice” about how much personal information they post on the Internet and take greater responsibility for how they live their online lives, Canada’s privacy czar warned Tuesday. Noting many people have been fired, missed out on job interviews and academic opportunities for their over-sharing online, Jennifer Stoddart…
RCMP did not violate Charter rights by seizing computers
Andrew Seymour reports: A judge has ordered the contents of at least one of two computers that were used by the spouse of an Ottawa man accused in a deadly terrorist bombing be sent to investigators in France. While the search and seizure of the computers was “admittedly borderline”, Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Maranger…