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I'd say unbelievable, but the move to make our laws mirror those south of the border has been going on for a long time.
I am offended at the end-run around the privacy laws the Conservatives touted.
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Michael Geist, the Canada Research Chair in internet and e-commerce law at the University of Ottawa, was the first to raise alarm bells about a provision buried within Bill S-4.
The bill would finally require organizations to tell Canadians when there had been a security breach involving their personal information. But the proposed rules also permit companies to voluntarily disclose personal information to another company, without a court order and without telling the person affected.
"The expansion of warrantless personal information disclosure raises enormous concerns," Geist said.
Not only does this put ordinary Canadians at risk in cases of alleged copyright infringement, such as in the TekSavvy-Voltage dispute, it could also raise the legal stakes in cases involving an allegation of defamation, or when a content or service provider accuses someone of violating the lengthy terms-of-service agreement that people so often click through without reading.
"That's a huge loophole and seriously undermines the privacy of any Canadian with an internet connection," says David Christopher, communications manager at open-internet advocacy group OpenMedia.ca. "This affects everybody."
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