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’
Privacy
How ‘online harms’ legislation undermines privacy
Consistent with legislative initiatives in Australia, the UK, Netherlands, and other countries, the Government of Canada has been working mightily to enact privacy-invasive encryption-busting legislation it says is necessary to protect against legal but "hurtful" online content. Despite sweeping criticism of Bill C-10 and its companion bill to address harmful content online, … [Read more...] about How ‘online harms’ legislation undermines privacy
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
Ontario’s New Health Data Platform
The Ontario government is developing a new health data platform that will allow researchers to better support health system planning and responsiveness, including the immediate need to analyze the current COVID-19 outbreak. Read More … [Read more...] about Ontario’s New Health Data Platform
Library of Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Measures
Governments across Canada and around the world have been imposing a plethora of measures in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19. While those measures are important for public health, many of them have profound implications for privacy, fundamental freedoms, and the ability to gain access to information and hold those same governments to account. University of Ottawa law … [Read more...] about Library of Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Measures
International Student Data Compromised
WizCase has recently found an open Elasticsearch database from the Libyan Ministry of Education. The server, which is hosted in Germany, contained 2GB of data with PIIs, including full names, passport numbers, photos, email addresses, and more from more than 55,000 exchange students from around the world — including Canada. Details of the leak are available here. … [Read more...] about International Student Data Compromised
