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Facebook: Insurmountable(?) Challenges to Privacy Protection in a Social World 25 Nov 2010 | 06:00 pm
In September 2010, Canada’s Federal Privacy Commissioner officially completed a two year investigation of Facebook’s privacy practices. As a result of this process, Facebook was compelled to make seve...
The Cookie Crumb Trail: Website to Website Tracking 15 Aug 2010 | 07:16 pm
Most internet users are probably aware that the websites they visit may collect information on them. It is common practice for a website to record details such as how often a user visits the website, ...
Bill C-32: New copyright bill is in need of repair! 3 Jun 2010 | 10:55 am
A new copyright bill was introduced in Parliament yesterday as Bill C-32, the Copyright Modernization Act. This bill includes some important new provisions that recognize the right of the public to us...
Government: Update Investigative Techniques, Not Privacy 18 Oct 2009 | 08:03 am
The Government is willing and eager to update police surveillance laws in order to meet challenges posed by new technological changes, but when asked by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and the Hous...
Quebec 'educates' students on evils of CD piracy, ignores private copy levy 10 Sep 2009 | 03:03 am
In annually released and updated 'eduactional materials', Revenu Quebec has been educating Quebec youths as to tragic impact of CD Piracy, ignoring not only the fact that such copying has been legal i...
CRTC Allows Bell to Apply Per Usage Pricing to Wholesale Customers 15 Aug 2009 | 01:28 am
The CRTC released a decision allowing Bell to impose user based pricing on its wholesale customers. This is problematic for a number of reasons. First, it exacerbates the lack of competition already ...
Harms of Malware to Consumers Measured in Billions of Dollars 13 Aug 2009 | 07:44 am
The OECD has issued a comprehensive report quantifying the harms resulting from malware. The report estimates that consumers spend billions of dollars every year on information system repairs or repla...
UK Example: Lawful Access Legislation is a Dangerous and Slippery Slope 10 Aug 2009 | 12:15 pm
Reports from the UK show that authorities have made more than 500,000 requests for confidential communications data over the past year alone - roughly 1 for every 78 adults in the UK. These requests c...
Announcing DA's Idea Torrent 5 Aug 2009 | 02:29 am
We are happy to announce that the Digital Agenda Idea Torrent is live and ready to be used. This service is using Ubuntu's Idea Torrent application (known in a previous life as Brainstorm). We think ...
Welcome to Digital Agenda 4 Aug 2009 | 11:32 am
Welcome to Digital Agenda (.ca). Recently, the Government has stated it intends to pursue a strategy aimed at restoring Canada's leadership role in the global Digital Economy. This will involve compre...
