August 21, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On August 20, 2008, the Washington Post reported in an article entitled " Citizen's U.S. Border Crossings Tracked: Data From Checkpoints To Be kept for 15 Years" that Customs and Border Protection has been "using its system of...
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August 02, 2008By: Susan Kohn Ross
Donald Hatch entered into a plea agreement for export violations involving night vision equipment. Why question his intelligence? Well, first the company's website os reported to state that all shipments are made as gifts and are...
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August 01, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Any traveler to the United States should prepare to be without their laptop, cell phone, PDA, Blackberry, iPod, MP3, and other electronic equipment. In addition, any traveler to the United States should make back up copies...
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July 31, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Most people would laugh at the words "customs officers" and sensitivity training" in the same sentence. They are not a group known for being "sensitive". Well, the Canada Border Services...
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July 31, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On July 31, 2008, two tobacco companies, (1) Rothmans Benson and Hedges ("Rothmans") and (2) Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. ("Imperial") ended cases going back 8 years relating to the cross-border smuggling of tobacco products. A...
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July 29, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
News Release
Enhanced driver’s licences concern Canada’s privacy guardians
Federal-Provincial-Territorial Meeting of Information and Privacy Commissioners and Ombudsmen
VICTORIA, February 5, 2008 – Plans to ...
Posted in Consumer Protection Law, Administrative and Regulatory Law, Privacy & Data Protection Law, Canada, Border Security Initiatives | No Comments
July 28, 2008By: Susan Kohn Ross
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) changed is a program in which it tested containers for fumigant and solvent levels before allowing officers to enter them for inspection purposes. The program was originally put in place two...
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July 26, 2008By: Susan Kohn Ross
On July 16, 2008, CBP published a policy statement regarding how its officers are to conduct themselves when dealing with searches of laptops, PDAs and other electronic devices. See...
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July 26, 2008By: Susan Kohn Ross
Customs and Border Protection has released an updated draft of the ABI and AMS data sets for submission of the Importer Security Filing, commonly called 10 + 2. According to Customs' posting, these updates are the result of both...
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July 25, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
It is disheartening to read in Canada's Globe & Mail newspaper (and all other major Canadian new sources) that a Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) border officer was arrested for taking $20,000 to let through a Quebec...
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July 14, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On June 17, 2008, the Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, today announced that Canada and Japan will be placing border officers at key strategic locations in each other's country by the end of 2008. This...
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July 13, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
The Clagary Sun reported on July 4, 2008 that "Montana Sen. Jon Tester says Americans don't want border security issues to hamper trade with Canada ...people told them they wanted a safe international border, but not at the...
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July 13, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On June 28, 2008, the CBSA signed an arrangement with U.S. Customs and Border Protection regarding the mutual recognition of Canada's Partners in Protection program and the U.S. C-TPAT program. Partners in Protection (PIP)...
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July 12, 2008By: Susan Kohn Ross
U.S. Customs established the C-TPAT program right after the events of 9/11. Since then, the World Customs Organization has adopted the AEO program. American traders, exporters in particular, have been after the U.S. to find a way...
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July 12, 2008By: Susan Kohn Ross
A major focus for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been employer sanctions. Any time ICE conducts a raid, it selects the company to "visit" based on reliable information which leads the agency to believe individuals...
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July 12, 2008By: Susan Kohn Ross
Relying on the authority of the 1950 Defense Production Act, the Dept. of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security has been asked by the Naval Air Command to assess the scope and impact of counterfeit electronics on U.S. supply...
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