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Parties asked to support consumer telecom rights

- 2008-09-30 -

A nation-wide coalition of consumer and public interest groups including CIPPIC today asked each of the five major parties to take a stand on consumer protection in Canada's telecommunications sector.
News Release
Questionnaire to Parties
Responses

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I Believe in Open - Online Push for Government Transparency

- 2008-09-26 -

I Believe In Open is a national movement to push politicians to commit to increased government transparency in Canada. Join the movement to ask your candidates to pledge support for government transparency and accountability.

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Election Call Kills Bill C-61

- 2008-09-07 -

Bill C-61, the Conservative government's one-sided bill to bring the Canadian Copyright Act into the digital age, has died with the dissolution of Parliament. However, copyright industry advocates and grassroots activists will get no rest: copyright has already been identified as an issue for many candidates, and - regardless of the outcome of the October 14th election - copyright policy will continue to be hotly contested file for the new government.

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CIPPIC joins Samuelson-Glushko network of technology law clinics

- 2008-08-18 -

CIPPIC has received a large donation from UCal Berkeley Professor Pamela Samuelson and technology innovator, entrepreneur and professor Dr. Robert Glushko, allowing the clinic to continue its student-centered public interest advocacy work on law and policy issues arising from the use of new technologies. With this generous donation, CIPPIC joins the growing network of Samuelson-Glushko cyberlaw clinics in universities across North America.
Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic, University of California, Berkeley
Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Law Clinic, Washington College of Law
University of Colorado Technology and Policy Clinic
Fordham Law School Intellectual Property and Information Law Clinic

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OPC says email outsourced to USA is no less protected than in Canada

- 2008-08-18 -

In a controversial report released August 7, 2008 on complaints filed in 2007 about the outsourcing of Canadian email operations to a US company, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada ("OPC") found that while organizations must provide sufficient notice of foreign outsourcing and obtain customer consent to such "uses" of their personal information, the risk of a US-based service provider being ordered to disclose personal information to US authorities under the USA PATRIOT Act is comparable to the risk of Canadian-based service providers being ordered to do the same. As with all OPC findings, these are non-binding.

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CIPPIC asks Privacy Commissioner to investigate banking practices

- 2008-08-18 -

By way of a formal complaint filed August 1, 2008, CIPPIC is challenging the legality of bank policies that require clients to allow the bank to use their personal information for such purposes as "to determine your eligibility for products and services we offer". CIPPIC also argues that banks must obtain the express consent of clients to any such secondary uses of personal financial information; opt-out consent is not sufficient.

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CIPPIC asks Privacy Commissioner to investigate ISP web surveillance

- 2008-07-28 -

In a letter sent July 25th, CIPPIC asked the federal Office of the Privacy Commissioner to begin an investigation into the internet service provider (ISP) industry's controversial new practice of profiling users online to target them with advertising. CIPPIC also filed privacy complaints against Rogers, Shaw, and Eastlink for their use of Deep Packet Inspection technology to shape network traffic. This follows a similar complaint against Bell earlier this summer.
CIPPIC Media Release
Request for investigation into ISP use of DPI for behavioural targeting
Complaint against Rogers re: use of DPI for traffic-shaping
Complaint against Shaw re: use of DPI for traffic-shaping
Complaint against Eastlink re: use of DPI for traffic-shaping

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Express your views about Bill C-61 on YouTube!

- 2008-07-17 -

The Fair Copyright for Canada Facebook group has launched a national video competition to give Canadians the chance to express their concerns about Bill C-61 on YouTube. Just post your video as a response to the "Bill C-61 in 61 Seconds" video. Deadline for submission is September 1st. The winners, who will receive some Fair Copyright for Canada schwag, will be announced on September 15th.

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Open Security Foundation now operating Data Loss Database

- 2008-07-16 -

DataLossDB, a research project aimed at documenting known and reported data loss incidents world-wide, has been taken over by the Open Security Foundation. It is now an open community effort, relying on input from computer users worldwide.

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Net Neutrality relevant to Broadcasting Policy, says CIPPIC

- 2008-07-11 -

In response to the CRTC's call for comments on issues that should be examined in the context of a proceeding on broadcasting policy and new media, CIPPIC filed a submission urging the CRTC to examine ways in which proposals for protecting Canadian content could actually undermine important policy objectives of the Broadcasting Act as well as the Telecommunications Act.

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