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Canada

  • CANADA. HOUSE OF COMMONS - PRIVACY: WHERE DO WE DRAW THE LINE? Report of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Rights and the Status of Persons with Disabilities The Hon Sheila Finestone, Chair April 1997
  • Canada - Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, passed on 4 April 2000. Press Release, Privacy Legislation. The purpose of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act is to establish rules to govern the collection, use and disclosure of personal information in a manner that balances the right of privacy of all individuals with the need of organizations to collect, use or disclose personal information for a reasonable purpose. This is necessary in an era in which technology increasingly facilitates the circulation and exchange of information.
  • Canadian privacy law raises ante Complying may place burden on US firms By Patrick Thibodeau Computerworld (Dec. 04, 2000) "Next month, Canada will enact a law that offers sweeping privacy protections for its citizens. But the law may also create legal obligations and data management problems for potentially thousands of businesses that exchange data with firms and subsidiaries in Canada, the US's largest trading partner. On Jan. 1, Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (http://www.privcom.gc.ca/english/02_06_01_e.htm) becomes law, requiring businesses to offer Canadian citizens certain guarantees regarding the collection and use of personal data. For example, they must get a customer's consent before sharing data with affiliates or commercial partners and must provide access to that data for review..."
  • Privacy Commissioner of Canada's Website
  • Personal Data Is Increasingly At Risk for Online Canadians. CIO.com, July 23, 2003. "More than one-third (35 percent) of Canadians have had their personal information compromised online as of March 2003. In June 2001, this number totaled 21 percent. In December 2000, it was just 18 percent..."
  • Canada Embroiled in Privacy Furore, by Sue Bushell, CIO, 14 October 2003. "Things are getting truly nasty in Canada, where Auditor-General Sheila Fraser has called on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) to investigate the nation’s former privacy commissioner, amidst a litany of criticism about the way he ran his office..."
  • Privacy versus data, By John Wunderlich and Carolyn L Burke. Globe and Mail, June 22, 2004. "Our society walks a fine line between personal openness and personal privacy. In the first instance, it's critical for governments and financial institutions to collect and maintain appropriate, relevant and accurate data on citizens and customers. In the second instance, most of us will agree that privacy is, "the right to be left alone." We need both accurate information in the hands of our service providers in order to receive services, and privacy to live the lives we choose unencumbered..."
  • Alberta, British Columbia and Federal Privacy Commissioners provide guidelines for how provincial and federal private-sector privacy laws work together. Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, July 26, 2004. "Frank Work, Information and Privacy Commissioner issues a "Question and Answer" document to help private sector organizations and individuals undersstand the application of Alberta and British Columbia's Personal Information Protection Acts (PIPAs) and the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). These laws set national standards for privacy practices in the private sector..."
  • The Privacy Connection - When it comes to protecting customers' privacy and promoting brand loyalty, Canadian companies get it, By DR. Larry Poneman. Darwin Magazine, July 2004. "When it comes to privacy and data protection, is there a difference in the perceptions and practices of Canadian privacy officers and their United States neighbors? We recently surveyed both U.S. and Canadian companies and found that more than 70 percent of Canadian companies believe there is a direct relationship between good privacy practices and enhanced customer trust and loyalty to the brand. In contrast, only 36 percent of U.S. privacy leaders believe that corporate privacy is an important part of their companies' brand or image in the marketplace..."
  • Citizens' Message on Privacy: Use Our Information, But Tell Us Why and How. OTTAWA, August 9, 2005 /CNW Telbec. "A year-long national study has found that, as Canadians move into the information age, they are less worried about risks to their personal privacy than about governments' need to improve their services..."
  • Group finds citizens accept governments sharing information if service improves, By Campbell ClarkAMPBELL CLARK. Globe and Mail, August 9, 2005. "OTTAWA -- Canadians are not alarmed by the potential privacy dangers raised by networked government databases of personal information, a new report concludes. The study comes as governments are planning to create huge agencies that want access to more personal information in order to provide Canadians with "one-stop shopping" for a variety of services..."
  • Privacy in the Information Age: - Government Services and You. Crossing Boundaries National Council, Service Delivery National Discussion. Final Report. Crossing Boundaries National Council. Volume 2 | August 2005 - in pdf format. (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader) (305kb)
  • All about: Balance - Crossing swords over privacy, By Laura Eggertson. ITWorldCanada.com, 6 October 2005. "Privacy? It’s about balance. That, at least, was part of the message from Bernard Courtois at this year’s Lac Carling Congress. Courtois, president and CEO of the Information Technology Association of Canada, told a plenary on privacy issues that Canadian governments need to take a balanced approach to protecting privacy while avoiding the “onerous” conditions British Columbia has placed on private sector delivery of public services..."
  • Report on Canada's Privacy Law. Government Technology, October 13, 2005. "The Privacy Act is an outdated and often inadequate public sector data protection law, according to the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Jennifer Stoddart, in her 2004-2005 Annual Report on the Privacy Act, which was tabled last Thursday in Parliament. The Privacy Commissioner's 2004 Annual Report on the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), Canada's private sector privacy law, was also tabled..."

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Europe

  • EC targets laggard states over e-privacy, By electricnews.net. The Register, 7 December 2003. "The European Commission is taking action against nine member states for failing to implement an on-line privacy directive..."
  • E-privacy Directive: European Commission takes action against 9 Member States. eGovernment News – 08 December 2003 – EU & Europe-wide – Legal aspects. "Following the expiry of the deadline to implement the Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications, the European Commission announced on 05/12/2003 that it has opened infringement proceedings for failure to notify transposition measures against nine EU Member States. Letters of formal notice, the first stage of infringement proceedings, have been sent out to Belgium, Germany, Greece, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Finland and Sweden. These Member States are requested to respond within two months..."
  • E-privacy Directive: European Commission takes second legal step against eight Member States. eGovernment News – 6 April 2004 – EU & Europe-wide – Legal aspects. "The European Commission announced on 1 April 2004 it had taken a second legal step against eight EU Member States for failing to notify it of measures transposing the Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications – known as the e-privacy Directive – into their national laws..."
  • EU Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications enters into force. eGovernment News – 3 November 2003 – EU & Europe-wide – Legal Aspects. "31 October 2003 was the deadline for EU Member States to transpose Directive 2002/58/EC on privacy and electronic communications in national law..."
  • Members ignore EU data rules. Kablenet, 6 November 2003. "Most European governments are failing to implement EU rules covering the handling of data in the public sector. The EU has extended its digital privacy rules to cover public sector networks, but so far only four countries have brought their national legislation up to date, according to European policy analysts..."
  • European Union charts a new course for data privacy - United Kingdom makes plans for identity registry and national ID card, By Judi Hasson. Federal Computer Week, June 27, 2005. "From Japan to the 25-nation European Union, governments are struggling to protect personal data while also re-examining privacy in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks..."

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United Kingdom

  • Between the Lines - Legislation - eGovernment and the Management of Electronic Mail, By Dr Simon Moores. eGov monitor Weekly, 7 April 2003. "It's called 'Vicarious Liability' and if you happen to hold a responsibility for email or any other means of storing personal information, then you need to be sitting on-top of the current raft of European and domestic legislation instead of risking drowning beneath it..."
  • Big Brother Awards
    • 2004 UK Big Brother Awards: The shortlisted government dept's are... Public Technology, 5 July 2004. "The Big Brother Awards started in the UK in 1998 and are now an annual event in seventeen countries. This year's ceremony takes place at the London School of Economics from 18.30 hrs on Wednesday July 28th, and 'recognises' (or the opposite?) categories including: Worst Public Servant; Most Invasive Company; Most Appalling Project; Most Heinous Government Organisation and Lifetime Menace Award..."
  • Data headache for e-government. Kablenet, 19 May 2003. "The public sector is finding that data protection legislation holds up e-government, new research says. Data protection and freedom of information laws are hindering the progress of e-government projects, according to a study to be published later in May 2003..."
  • E-envoy: Privacy 'paranoia' is holding back joined-up e-government. Computer Weekly, Thursday 26 June 2003. "A combination of restrictive data protection laws and scaremongering among IT suppliers is hampering progress towards joined-up government services..."
    • Pinder blasts privacy 'paranoia'. Kablenet, 26 June 2003. "The UK's e-envoy is demanding a 'sensible debate' on privacy in order to clear the way for e-government. Andrew Pinder, the UK e-envoy, has hit out at suppliers and campaign groups for creating a climate of "paranoia" which is holding up e-government..."
  • Privacy report released. Kablenet 11 April 2002. "The UK Government has finally published its report on privacy and datasharing..."
    • UK Govt backs data sharing, By Tim Richardson. The Register, 12 April 2002. "The privacy of UK citizens could be under threat following the publication of a report which outlines plans for Government departments to share personal information without people's consent...."
    • The unthinkable and the sensible. Kablenet, 12 April 2002. "The UK Government will have to go further than its report on data sharing to ensure public trust in e-government, argues William Heath..."
  • Privacy and Data-Sharing - Survey of Public Awareness and Perceptions. Research Study Conducted for Department for Constitutional Affairs, June-July 2003 - in pdf format. (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader) (249kb) "This report contains the findings from a study, carried out by the MORI Social Research Institute exploring awareness of and attitudes towards the sharing of personal information by public sector organisations..."
    • Data in the dark. Kablenet, 4 November 2003. "The use of personal data in the public sector remains a mystery to most people, says an official study. Members of the public are worried about data sharing among Government bodies, are unaware of what personal information authorities hold on them, and don't know what their rights are, according to a survey published on 3 November 2003..."
    • New survey finds that UK citizens lack understanding of personal data use by government. eGovernment News – 05 November 2003 – United Kingdom – Legal issues. "According to a survey commissioned by the UK’s Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA), both the use of personal data by government and the sharing of such data among government bodies remain an obscure field for most UK citizens..."
  • 'Privacy is the right to be anonymous' - The right to be anonymous Government has been warned that it must balance enthusiasm for a digital Britain with respect for due process. Michael Cross reports. The Guardian, July 21, 2005. "Britain's government has survived for 1,000 years without an IT strategy, but this is about to change. Chief information officer Ian Watmore is this summer drafting a national plan that will aim to transform public services through IT..."
  • Privacy laws 'hamper e-government'. BBC News, 19 May 2003. "UK data protection laws are hindering the progress of online government projects, a study has found. Many public sector organisations are finding it hard to juggle twin demands from existing laws and targets for online services, said a survey by a newsletter which specialises in electronic government..."
  • Top UK sites 'fail privacy test'. BBC news, 11 December 2003. "Most top UK websites are breaking new rules which require them to do more to protect web users' privacy. WebAbacus research found 98% do not give enough information about the text files which track user movements, or provide a single-click opt-out option..."
  • UK readies privacy charter, BY Diane Frank. Federal Computer Week, July 10, 2001 "As U.S. federal agencies struggle to develop and follow their own Internet privacy policies, the United Kingdom soon will issue a governmentwide standard that will tell citizens how their personal information is being collected, used and protected whenever they interact with the government online. The E-Trust Charter is in its final draft, and will be available shortly on the Web site of the U.K. Office of the E-Envoy (www.e-envoy.gov.uk), said Ann Steward, director of office's e-government group, speaking July 9 at the E-Gov 2001 conference in Washington, D.C...."
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