Canadian Blogs who are talking
about the Privacy Commission
SWSDA Being Sued In Supreme Court
SWSDA was recently found in violation of the Nova Scotia freedom of information statutes and is being sued by Ed Cayer in Supreme Court to enforce the privacy commission ruling. The SWSDA, South West Shore Development Authority, is also known as the RDA (Regional Development Authority). Created by the Province of Nova Scotia mid 1990s and ...
Findlay On Governance
Last January it was the huge privacy breaches involving Winner stores and Talvest Mutual Funds. As we noted with considerable dismay at the time on these pages, Canada?s federal Privacy Commissioner waited weeks before going public with the information, leaving customers whose privacy had been compromised in the dark. Now, the problem involves Rogers Communications Inc., one of Canada?s largest telecommunications carriers. As The Centre for Corporate & Public Governance pointed out in a statement calling once again for action on the part of federal lawmakers, Rogers has known about the breakdown in privacy protection for five months, but is only now getting around to advising customers. There is no information about this breach on either Rogers? website or the Privacy Commission?s.
Privacy Law Blog
News Release: Privacy Commissioner concludes investigation of SWIFT (April 2, 2007)
Privacy Commissioner concludes investigation of SWIFT
Ottawa, April 2, 2007 ?The Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Jennifer Stoddart, today announced the conclusion of her Office?s investigation of the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), a European-based financial cooperative, that supplies messaging services and interface software to a large number of financial institutions in more than 200 countries, including Canada.
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