Illegal Background Checks Conducted On Prospective Jurors
Crown prosecutors and police in several Ontario communities conducted secret background checks on prospective jurors, Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian will report Monday following an investigation by...
View ArticlePrivacy commissioner warns mortgage brokers to step up security
Privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart said that mortgage brokers need to improve the protection of their customers’ personal information. Two years ago, hundreds of Ontario mortgage files were lost,...
View ArticleTories Promise Changes After “Embarrassing” Privacy Breach Of Military Vet
A privacy breach involving a veteran that has been “embarrassing” the Conservative government may be just the tip of the iceberg as the country’s privacy watchdog says she has received other complaints...
View ArticlePrivacy commissioner calls for power to impose ‘substantial’ fines for breaches
Canada’s privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart wants the power to impose “attention-getting fines” when major corporations fail to protect personal information. Her statement comes in the wake of...
View ArticleCommissioner satisfied with Google’s actions after breach of privacy laws
OTTAWA – The country’s privacy commissioner is satisfied with steps Google took after a probe found the search engine broke Canadian privacy laws. But Jennifer Stoddart says her office will keep tabs...
View ArticleThousands of colon cancer tests results go missing after being mailed to doctors
An Ontario agency tasked with improving cancer care says test results for almost 6,500 people may have been lost in the mail. Cancer Care Ontario says it is investigating whether 15 reports containing...
View ArticleAir passenger observation plan raises red flag for privacy watchdog
Canada’s privacy czar is concerned about the potential unfairness of a plan to scrutinize the flying public’s behaviour at the airport. The federal government announced last year it would develop a...
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Privacy commissioner’s video aimed at protecting youngsters online
Privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart has produced a video, a tipsheet for parents and a kit for teachers to help kids deal with online privacy threats. She says young people often don’t think about...
View ArticlePrivacy czar raises concerns about proposed airport security program
Canada’s privacy watchdog is concerned a new security plan to closely eye the behaviour of air passengers could amount to racial profiling. In a letter to Canada’s air security agency, the federal...
View ArticlePrivacy commissioner baffled about top McGuinty staff deleting gas plant emails
TORONTO – Ontario’s information watchdog says it “strains credulity” to believe staff in the premier’s office didn’t know they were supposed to keep emails on cancelled gas plants in Oakville and...
View ArticleTop McGuinty staff broke law by deleting gas plant emails: privacy commissioner
Ontario’s privacy commissioner says top staff in former premier Dalton McGuinty’s office broke the law by purging all emails related to the cancellation of two GTA gas plants that have cost taxpayers...
View ArticleMcGuinty’s staff broke law by deleting gas plant e-mails: privacy commissioner
TORONTO – Top staff in former premier Dalton McGuinty’s office broke the law by deleting all e-mails related to the cancellation of gas plants in Oakville and Mississauga, Ontario’s privacy...
View ArticleCRA accidentally discloses confidential tax info of Chretien, Atwood & others...
The Canada Revenue Agency confirmed late Tuesday that it has accidentally disclosed confidential taxpayer information to the CBC. The agency said the document was ”accidentally released” through human...
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