B.C.’s Privacy Commissioner’s office today released ‘Privacy Guidelines for Strata Corporations and Strata Agents’. These new guidelines support B.C.’s strata corporations in meeting their privacy obligations under the Personal Information Protection Act and the Strata Property Act. Read more on Kelowna.com. Related: Privacy Guidelines
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‘Right to die’ campaigner wins ruling
Families who help terminally ill relatives to end their lives will be free from the risk of prosecution after a landmark ruling yesterday. The Director of Public Prosecutions is to rush out urgent guidance to clarify the law after Debbie Purdy, a multiple sclerosis sufferer, won an historic judgment from the House of Lords. The…
The Pirate Bay ordered to close in the Netherlands
The Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN has won its court case against The Pirate Bay. The Amsterdam court today ruled that the site must cease all operations in The Netherlands within 10 days, or else pay penalties of 30,000 euros ($42,300) a person, per day. In an Amsterdam court last week, BREIN’s lawyer argued that The…
Pirate Bay unfazed by new threats
Peter Sunde, a co-founder of high-profile file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, says new legal action against the site is nothing more than “harassment”. Thirteen Hollywood production companies filed a lawsuit on Tuesday to try to get the website shut down. Read more on BBC News. Thanks to Brian Honan for this link.