PrivComm releases Annual Report on Privacy Act

In this year's annual report on the Privacy Act, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada takes aim at overly-invasive national security measures, and calls on the federal government to act on issues such as identity theft and spam.  Once again, she urges a full review and revamping of the Privacy Act, noting that it "has remained virtually unchanged since its passage 25 years ago and no longer meets the needs of our dramatically transformed privacy landscape".