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Online harms and more in focus as Parliament returns
Internet and Governance | 09/16/2024 7:00 am EDT
With Parliament returning today, there are a handful of bills affecting the online world still before politicians.
MPs have roughly one year to act on the bills before the next election must be called. But, since this is a minority government, an election may come sooner...
Federal Court of Appeal rules against Facebook in data collection, privacy dispute
Internet and Governance | 09/11/2024 4:38 pm EDT
A Federal Court of Appeal judge has found that Facebook violated Canada’s private sector privacy law, known as PIPEDA, by failing to get “meaningful consent” from its...
Copyright Board joins Canadian Digital Regulators Forum
Internet and Governance | 09/10/2024 5:02 pm EDT
The Copyright Board of Canada announced Tuesday it is signing on to the...
Privacy Commissioner, FCC sign memorandum on telecom consumer privacy protection
Internet and Governance | 08/29/2024 3:16 pm EDT
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner and the United States Federal...
Watchdogs find deceptive privacy practices across majority of websites, apps studied
Internet and Governance | 07/10/2024 4:49 pm EDT
Deceptive design practices – meant to influence the privacy decisions of...
Competition Bureau appoints professor as advisor on digital economy
Internet and Governance | 07/10/2024 3:31 pm EDT
The Competition Bureau has brought on an expert in economics for a...
Privacy tribunal unlikely to get through INDU’s look at Bill C-27
Internet and Governance | 06/03/2024 3:28 pm EDT
The government’s proposal to establish a privacy tribunal as part of Bill C-27, the Digital Charter Act, is likely going down to defeat, The Wire Report has learned. The...
Privacy tribunal needed in Digital Charter, ISED continues to tell MPs
Internet and Governance | 05/30/2024 6:30 pm EDT
The House of Commons Industry Committee continued its clause-by-clause...
Privacy commissioner flags excessive site blocking, privacy risks in age verification bill
Internet and Governance | 05/29/2024 6:38 pm EDT
A Senate bill aimed at protecting children from...
Private rights of action could undermine privacy commissioner, MPs told
Internet and Governance | 05/27/2024 5:03 pm EDT
Conservative MPs on the House of Commons industry committee continued their...
INDU debates necessity of privacy tribunal in Bill C-27
Internet and Governance | 05/24/2024 7:57 pm EDT
During the House of Commons’ industry committee’s ongoing...
INDU committee stuck on amendments to ‘sensitive data’ in Digital Charter Act
Internet and Governance | 05/06/2024 4:23 pm EDT
The House of Commons industry committee continued...
Bill C-27 sees amendments to minor and personal information definitions
Internet and Governance | 04/29/2024 6:38 pm EDT
The clause-by-clause study of Bill C-27, the Digital Charter Act, continued...
INDU passes several amendments to C-27
Internet and Governance | 04/18/2024 8:14 pm EDT
The House of Commons Industry Committee is continuing its clause-by-clause study of Bill C-27, the...
INDU committee takes out “accepted practices” language from C-27
Internet and Governance | 04/15/2024 3:23 pm EDT
The House of Commons industry Committee continued its clause-by-clause...
Industry Committee starts clause-by-clause study of C-27
Internet and Governance | 04/11/2024 7:36 pm EDT
The House of Commons industry committee continued its clause-by-clause study of Bill C-27, the Digital Charter Act, Wednesday. The MPs were looking at the preface of the legislation.
The afternoon session began with Liberal MP Ryan Turnbull, the parliamentary secretary to...
Pornhub parent company broke privacy law by failing to obtain valid consent for content uploads: OPC
Internet and Governance | 03/01/2024 5:38 pm EST
The Montreal-based company behind Pornhub and...
CRTC uses forensic tools sparingly, ETHI committee told
Internet and Governance | 02/08/2024 5:37 pm EST
The CRTC has forensic investigative tools but deploys them rarely, the...
ETHI committee hears departments don’t use tools to spy on Canadians
Internet and Governance | 02/06/2024 5:14 pm EST
Federal departments have forensic diagnostic tools that can be used for...
Privacy Commissioner unveils its privacy rights strategic plan 2024-2027
Internet and Governance | 01/22/2024 4:53 pm EST
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) unveiled its Strategic Plan...
Social media companies must be compelled to address safety concerns, research chair tells ethics committee
Internet and Governance | 11/28/2023 6:07 pm EST
The government needs to set clear standards of transparency and accountability that all social media platforms should be required to meet, if it hopes to address concerns...
INDU hears Canada must not surpass European or Quebec privacy laws
Internet and Governance | 11/24/2023 5:06 pm EST
While the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and...
Quebec, E.U., provide templates for AI rules: INDU committee told
Internet and Governance | 11/10/2023 4:19 pm EST
Canada should look to other jurisdictions when it comes to regulating...
Educating Canadians is key to address cybersecurity threats: CTS panel
Internet and Governance | 11/06/2023 6:32 pm EST
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Cybersecurity and data privacy were the focus of the...
AIDA needs to be scrapped, civil society groups tell committee
Internet and Governance | 11/03/2023 5:14 pm EDT
A quartet of civil society groups appeared before the House of Commons...
Bill C-27 fails to protect rights of Canadians, say civil society groups
Internet and Governance | 11/02/2023 6:39 pm EDT
A coalition of civil society groups are calling on the government to make...
Dufresne recommends changes to Digital Charter Act
Internet and Governance | 09/29/2023 5:45 pm EDT
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada is happy the government is open to altering the Digital Charter...
Champagne to introduce amendments to Digital Charter Act
Internet and Governance | 09/27/2023 3:57 pm EDT
Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne...
Dufresne releases annual privacy report to Parliament
Internet and Governance | 09/19/2023 2:21 pm EDT
The Privacy Commissioner is warning that artificial intelligence (AI) could have an impact on...
Class action suit against Facebook can proceed, SCC
Internet and Governance | 08/31/2023 5:03 pm EDT
A class action lawsuit against Meta Platforms Inc. over age discrimination can move forward, after the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear its leave to appeal Thursday. The motion to file the suit was initially dismissed in July 2021 but the Court of Appeal of Quebec...
Canadian Digital Regulators Forum established to address digital policy
Internet and Governance | 06/09/2023 12:25 pm EDT
The Competition Bureau, CRTC, and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner...
OPC appeals court Facebook decision
Internet and Governance | 05/15/2023 3:31 pm EDT
The federal Office of the Privacy Commissioner has filed notice that it intends to appeal last month's...
OPC calls for changes to Bill C-27
Internet and Governance | 05/12/2023 12:27 pm EDT
While calling it an "improvement" over both the current existing private-sector privacy law and a "step...
Stakeholders call for a “whole-of-government” approach to competition reform
Internet and Governance | 04/24/2023 5:19 pm EDT
Stakeholders who submitted responses to the federal government’s...
MP plans legislation to protect workers from ‘bossware’
Internet and Governance | 03/07/2023 1:32 pm EST
A Toronto MP is looking to introduce legislation that will cover the use of office surveillance technology by employers. Liberal Michael Coteau conducted a survey a year ago...
On privacy, Telus exec criticizes media; says Canada should avoid ‘overly-prescriptive’ laws
Internet and Governance | 11/23/2022 6:30 pm EST
MISSISSAUGA – Criticism of Telus Corp.’s...
Regulating TSPs, not suppliers, in cybersecurity bill will be ineffective: Telus exec
telecom | 11/22/2022 3:55 pm EST
MISSISSAUGA — Telus Corp.’s vice president...
Rogers found to have violated PIPEDA through voiceprint program
telecom | 10/07/2022 3:49 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. violated a customer’s privacy by not deleting...
Pandemic has altered cybersecurity landscape: CIRA survey
telecom | 10/05/2022 4:29 pm EDT
Just over half of IT security professionals feel their organization in more...
Ethics Committee calls for moratorium on use of facial recognition tech
telecom | 10/04/2022 5:07 pm EDT
Parliamentarians on the House of Commons Ethics committee are calling for a...
Privacy watchdogs call for better health data practices
telecom | 09/21/2022 4:41 pm EDT
Canadian federal, provincial, and territorial privacy commissioners are...
CRTC clarifies privacy rules for COVID tracing apps, declines to establish new regulations
telecom | 09/06/2022 4:49 pm EDT
The CRTC has clarified the rules around the...
Canadian politicians subject to police surveillance, Ethics committee told
telecom | 08/09/2022 6:32 pm EDT
The Parliamentary committee looking at so-called on device investigation...
RCMP not using Pegasus, Ethics committee upset with lack of information
telecom | 08/08/2022 6:50 pm EDT
The RCMP are not deploying the Pegasus system to conduct surveillance on organized crime and terrorism suspects, the force and the minister responsible told the House of...
Ethics committee to study RCMP’s use of ‘device investigation tools’
telecom | 07/26/2022 5:42 pm EDT
The House of Commons Ethics committee will hold...
Quebec class-action goes after Google for $50 million
Media | 07/11/2022 5:25 pm EDT
The Superior Court of Quebec has authorized a class-action lawsuit against Alphabet Inc.'s Google for...
Cell phone border search bill, with higher search threshold, passes Senate
telecom | 06/21/2022 5:24 pm EDT
Late Monday night the Senate passed a reformed version of a bill that seeks...
Gov. tables three-headed private sector privacy reform bill
Media | 06/16/2022 5:45 pm EDT
Touting it as a "historic day" at an afternoon press conference, Innovation...
Mendicino and Champagne say cyber security bill protects infrastructure; NDP wants more reporting requirements
telecom | 06/15/2022 6:03 pm EDT
The two ministers responsible for the Act Respecting Cyber Security (ARCS) defended the legislation Tuesday while the Opposition worries they are letting companies hide cyber...
Government introduces two-part cybersecurity bill
telecom | 06/14/2022 6:45 pm EDT
The government’s new cybersecurity bill, introduced on Tuesday, is taking a two-pronged approach. One...
Senate committee rejects Gov. threshold for border cell phone search bill
Media | 06/13/2022 5:56 pm EDT
The Senate's National Security and Defence Committee has pushed back...
Dufresne pledges to continue Therrien’s work as Privacy Commissioner
Internet and Governance | 06/13/2022 3:54 pm EDT
Incoming Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne vowed to stay the course,...
Philippe Dufresne appointed Privacy Commissioner
telecom | 06/09/2022 2:19 pm EDT
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed Philippe Dufresne as Privacy Commissioner Wednesday. ...
The border is a “perfect storm” for discrimination in cell phone search bill: Citizen Lab fellow
Media | 06/08/2022 4:55 pm EDT
The government's effort to convince...
OPC calls for higher threshold on border cell phone search bill
telecom | 06/06/2022 5:01 pm EDT
When it comes to the government's plan to lower the threshold governing the...
OPC needs budget doubled, Therrien says in swan song
telecom | 06/03/2022 5:19 pm EDT
If the government reintroduces its online privacy bill, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) will...
Tim Hortons app violated privacy laws: privacy watchdogs
Media | 06/01/2022 5:48 pm EDT
Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons violated national privacy law because...
Searches of cell phones should meet same threshold as mail: civil liberties advocates
telecom | 06/01/2022 5:35 pm EDT
Given that the data contained on personal digital devices has functionally replaced the old-fashioned mail for most people, the required threshold for border officers to...
Lower, legally novel threshold in Bill S-7 needed for “unique situation”: minister
telecom | 05/31/2022 6:04 pm EDT
The government's attempt to create a brand new...
New legislation needed to cover growing privacy issues: Therrien
Media | 05/26/2022 4:07 pm EDT
Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien is calling for new legislation that...
Bill S-7 would “weaponize the Customs Act”: Senator
telecom | 05/04/2022 4:06 pm EDT
A Government bill in the Senate that seeks to codify the legal threshold...
Therrien endorses Ethics report on data dive, makes further recommendations
telecom | 05/04/2022 3:58 pm EDT
Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien has welcomed the report on collection...
Ethics committee seeks changes to privacy laws, opting out of data collection
telecom | 05/03/2022 5:34 pm EDT
The House of Commons’ Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics is calling for the government to strengthen the opt-out option for consumers, and recommends...
Privacy watchdogs call for legal framework governing facial recognition
telecom | 05/02/2022 4:24 pm EDT
Along with counterparts from the provinces, the federal privacy watchdog...
Facebook lied in Security Committee: Rodriguez
Media | 04/27/2022 4:28 pm EDT
Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez has said the Government is not backing down from its legislative effort...
Facebook doesn’t rule out blocking news content if C-18 passes, docs reveal telecom opposition to online harms framework
Internet and Governance | 04/26/2022 5:43 pm EDT
Representatives of Twitter Inc. and Meta Platforms...
OPC not consulted, privacy experts concerned on cell phone border search bill
telecom | 04/13/2022 5:44 pm EDT
A new Government-backed Senate bill now seeks to establish a new framework...
Facial recognition technology needs human intervention, hand coding, experts tell Ethics committee
Media | 04/04/2022 6:00 pm EDT
Facial recognition technology (FRT) needs human...
Device search bill will safeguard traveller rights: Gov.
telecom | 03/31/2022 6:15 pm EDT
In what it says is an effort to safeguard travellers' rights when entering...
Put national moratorium on facial recognition for law enforcement, lawyer tells HoC committee
Media | 03/21/2022 5:01 pm EDT
The Canadian government should place a national...
Public and private sector privacy laws need an update: Therrien to Ethics committee
telecom | 03/03/2022 4:31 pm EST
Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien has followed...
PHAC data dive legal but not necessarily ethical, Parliamentarians told
telecom | 02/28/2022 5:38 pm EST
The gathering of mobility cellphone data by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) followed the current laws but may not have been ethical or engendered trust in the...
Telus, Blue Dot stress Health Canada never received personal data
telecom | 02/18/2022 5:26 pm EST
It would be impossible for the government to re-identify mobility data of...
Government is using surveillance in data dive, Ethics committee told
telecom | 02/14/2022 4:05 pm EST
A panel of academics reiterated that the Privacy Act and the Personal...
PHAC lack of transparency “appalling”, Cavoukian tells Ethics committee
Internet and Governance | 02/11/2022 10:06 am EST
Ontario’s former privacy commissioner called the Public Health Agency’s...
House adopts Ethics report, Liberals vote against measure
telecom | 02/08/2022 6:38 pm EST
The House of Commons passed an Opposition motion endorsing the Ethics...
Privacy Commissioner advocates update of Privacy Act before Ethics committee
Media | 02/07/2022 4:43 pm EST
Canada’s Privacy Act needs to be updated, Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien told the House of Commons Ethics Committee Monday, repeating a longstanding call the Privacy...
B.C. court greenlights 1 of 3 class actions against Google for non-consensual data collection
Media | 02/04/2022 5:57 pm EST
A Supreme Court of British Columbia judge has...
Duclos and Tam face Ethics committee over data collection, RFP extended again
telecom | 02/03/2022 7:42 pm EST
Data being collected by private companies on behalf of the Public Health...
Few stakeholders fully support Heritage proposal for online harms: report
Internet and Governance | 02/03/2022 7:12 pm EST
The government needs to rethink its approach to regulating harmful content...
Tories attack government over PHAC data tracking, Huawei delay
telecom | 02/02/2022 3:38 pm EST
Two Conservative MPs lambasted the Liberal government on Tuesday over data...
Tam refuses to appear before Ethics committee, Duclos to testify on Thursday
telecom | 01/31/2022 4:56 pm EST
Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, has declined an...
Clearview goes to B.C. Supreme Court to fight privacy order
Media | 01/25/2022 6:11 pm EST
A controversial artificial intelligence and facial recognition software...
Ethics committee votes for data hearing, Health Canada amends RFP
Internet and Governance | 01/13/2022 5:09 pm EST
OTTAWA–The House of Commons Ethics committee voted unanimously Thursday...
Opposition seeks emergency probe into Health Canada cellphone tracking
telecom | 01/10/2022 5:21 pm EST
A group of four Opposition MPs is asking for an emergency meeting of the...
UPDATED: Conservative MP Brassard demands investigation into cellphone tracking
telecom | 01/07/2022 4:17 pm EST
Conservative MP John Brassard wrote a letter Jan. 5 to Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien asking for an investigation into cellphone data tracking by the Public Health...
Court rejects BCCLA request to intervene in OPC v. Facebook court case
Media | 12/10/2021 1:20 pm EST
A Federal Court judge has denied an application by the British Columbia...
ISED, EU, on a mission to tame “wild west” of digital identification technologies
telecom | 11/22/2021 3:49 pm EST
The federal government is working with the...
Panelists call on government to rethink C-11
Media | 11/17/2021 4:59 pm EST
The Canadian government should broaden its consultation over its online harms bill, a Wednesday Canadian...
CTS panelists hope privacy bill, C-11, ‘dies quickly,’ say Canada is losing ‘military edge’ in digital age
Media | 11/15/2021 9:07 pm EST
MISSISSAUGA -- Ontario’s former privacy...
UPDATED: Rayes replaced by John Nater as Heritage shadow minister
Media | 11/09/2021 3:24 pm EST
A Conservative MP who was outspoken on the revised Broadcasting Act, Bill C-10, will be replaced as Shadow Minister for Canadian Heritage after party leader Erin O’Toole...
RCMP seeks to develop encrypted data solutions for investigation purposes
telecom | 11/04/2021 5:03 pm EDT
The RCMP is looking for an artificial intelligence decryption system that...
Quebec court moves ahead with proposed class-action against Google
Media | 11/02/2021 5:30 pm EDT
A Quebec Superior Court judge has rejected an application by Alphabet...
Nova Scotia Department of Justice failed privacy obligations: watchdog
telecom | 10/28/2021 5:37 pm EDT
The Nova Scotia provincial privacy watchdog has admonished the province's...
Privacy Commish launching investigation into proof of vaccination requirements for federal workers
telecom | 10/22/2021 6:03 pm EDT
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner will be...
Google seeks to appeal court decision on PIPEDA application
Media | 09/29/2021 4:47 pm EDT
Alphabet Inc.'s Google is appealing a July court decision that determined...
RCMP looking to expand its digital policing services
telecom | 09/22/2021 6:37 pm EDT
The RCMP is seeking to expand its digital policing services, months after the Office of the Privacy...
Ontario privacy watchdog says province should update privacy law, even without feds
Media | 09/07/2021 5:59 pm EDT
The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC)...
Gov announces plans for Digital Safety Commissioner to combat online harms
Internet and Governance | 07/29/2021 6:11 pm EDT
The federal government intends to create a new Digital Safety Commissioner...
Court decides PIPEDA applies to Google search, “right to be forgotten” debate kept alive
Media | 07/09/2021 5:39 pm EDT
A court decision that Canada’s federal private sector privacy legislation applies to Google’s search engine will keep the “right to be forgotten” debate alive and...