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I am not saying that airport security is not important. I am not intending to undermine the security of people who fly on airplanes (as I fly a lot).

That being said, the new Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) rules may...

On July 16, 2009, Canada's Privacy Commissioner issued a news release entitled " facebook needs to improve privacy practices, investigation finds". A copy of the news release may be found at the following link -...

On July 8, 2009, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) issued the first Notices of Violation against two un-named telemarketers who have broken the National Do Not Call List (DNCL) Rules. I hope...

I can report this because it happened to me and not a client.  The Canada Border Services opened mail addressed to "Todgham Cherniak, Counsel, Lang Michener LLP".  The Canada Border Services Agency knew the package...

This past week, FINTRAC (Financial Transactions and Report Analysis Centre of Canada) issued the FINTRAC Annual Report 2008 - go to the following link - www.fintrac-canafe.gc.ca/publications/nr/2008-12-04-eng.asp

The...

The Counterfeit Blog posted the following post on September 27, 2008 -

EFF Sues USTR Over ACTA and FOIA

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Public Knowledge filed suit September 18 against the U.S. Trade...

In July 2008, Canada's Supreme Court of Canada issued a landmark decision (Privacy Commissioner of Canada v. Blood Tribe Department of Health) concerning solicitor-client privilege in Canada. It is a great decision – to...

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 ...

On June 19, 2009, the Federal Court of Canada issued a ruling to the effect that Canada's access-to-information law does not apply to the offices of the prime minister or cabinet ministers.  The court said that some records...

An article in the May 24, 2008 issue of Canada's National Post (page 2) takes laptop searches and PDA searches to a new higher level that should terrify everyone (except maybe the lobbyists for Hollywood and the music...

On February 29, 2008, the Ontario Court of Appeal overturned a decision of a provincial judge who quashed a search warrant obtained by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) to obtain an envelop that had been used to deliver a...

Canada's Globe & Mail newspaper (on-line version - article written by Alison Auld) has reported today in an article entitled "Access Denied" that it is taking up to three times longer for requests under the Access to Information...