Mia Rabson reports that: A petty online insult turned the spotlight on anonymous bloggers in the United States. Now, a Winnipeg lawyer is leading the fight in a similar case in Canada. But while the U.S. case involved a model versus a wannabe fashion socialite, the Canadian case connects two Ottawa politicians including the city’s…
The problem with polygraph testing
Arif Bulkan reports on the use of polygraph testing in Guyana: In the midst of all the gripping revelations coming out of a Brooklyn courtroom alleging corruption at the highest levels of the government of Guyana, another drama involving corruption has been unfolding locally. However, this one involves a few far down on the totem…
Canada to probe mortgage brokerages
The federal privacy commissioner is auditing a number of mortgage brokerages because of concerns about the security of borrowers’ personal financial information, The Globe and Mail has learned. The audit, which industry sources say began this month, is looking into the potential misuse of consumers’ information to carry out fraud such as identity theft…. “The…
Operation Motorman: the full story revealed
The Guardian has an expose of network that managed to obtain confidential data on numerous individuals. They report: From his cramped office at the back of his family home on a quiet street on the Hampshire coast, Steve Whittamore was for years the link between news organisations and a network of sources who could penetrate…