Electronic data has become a defining component of criminal investigations. Emails, data stored “in the cloud”, private messages – investigators increasingly seek such data, often held by private companies, as evidence for their criminal cases. This can also encompass health data. Under current legal rules, when such data is stored abroad, national law enforcement authorities … [Read more...] about E-evidence regulation: Why it matters for medical confidentiality?
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Court rules Ontario insurer’s request for claimant data ‘abusive and unnecessarily invasive’
An Ontario judge has turned down a request by Aviva Insurance Company of Canada to order a claimant to produce detailed banking and credit card records showing the location and identity of vendors from which that claimant had made purchases. Read More … [Read more...] about Court rules Ontario insurer’s request for claimant data ‘abusive and unnecessarily invasive’
Have Your Say on Smart City Policy
The City of Mississauga is creating a policy – the first of its kind in Canada – that will guide and control how technology is introduced and used across the city to improve the quality of life for residents, businesses and visitors – a Smart City for everybody. Residents and stakeholders are invited to learn more about Mississauga as a Smart City, to provide input into the … [Read more...] about Have Your Say on Smart City Policy
Open Letter to Belgian Government to halt legislation to undermine end-to-end encryption
On 29 September 2021, the Privacy & Access Council of Canada joined with 106 other organizations and individual privacy and cybersecurity experts, to send an open letter to the Belgian Ministers with responsibilities for digital and law enforcement issues. The Open letter from the members of the Global Encryption Coalition calls on the Belgian government to drop … [Read more...] about Open Letter to Belgian Government to halt legislation to undermine end-to-end encryption
We know what you did during lockdown: An FT Film
We gave up our privacy to fight Covid-19, can we get it back? An FT film starring Lydia West and Arthur Darvill in collaboration with Sonia Friedman Productions and supported by Luminate. An interrogation scene explores how Covid-19 has exposed the tension between the need for data to track and trace, and the right to privacy and justice. … [Read more...] about We know what you did during lockdown: An FT Film
Inventory of legal measures that alter or suspend right to information (RTI) obligations due to COVID-19
Many governments, in some cases with the acquiescence of information commissions, seemed to take advantage of COVID-19 to limit access to information. According to Toby Mendel, Executive Director at the Centre for Law and Democracy, “The need for accountability through openness, as well as the imperative need to get relevant information to the public, is greater now than ever.” … [Read more...] about Inventory of legal measures that alter or suspend right to information (RTI) obligations due to COVID-19
