Matt Londale is a JD candidate at Dalhousie University. On April 13, 2011, US authorities seized 29 domain names and 5 computers located in several US states in an attempt to break up a cybercriminal ring believed to have stolen millions of dollars from US residents through the use of malicious software called Coreflood. FBI […]
Ivy Tsui is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Facebook is moving forward with its plan to allow third-party developers and external websites to access users’ home address and phone numbers despite widespread criticisms.
Michael John Long is an LLM candidate advancing to the PhD at Osgoode Hall Law School In a recent blog posted on the IP Osgoode website I considered the ruling in City of Ontario v. Quon; a case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the issue of the privacy of employee text messages […]
Brian Chau is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall. e-Government, e-Commerce, online banking, Facebook – What do these have in common? All these services and functions are made possible by the fact that they are able to associate our activities with our identities. As our reliance on technology continues to grow, the ability to authenticate […]
In response to the growing concerns of illicit use of personal information and corresponding adverse consequences such as identity theft, financial disclosures and private health information revelation, the Office of Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) released a document entitled “Guidelines for Processing Personal Data Across Borders” on January 27, 2009. This document provides guidelines explaining […]
The federal privacy gatekeepers identified a new market for identity thieves when they addressed the issue of online posting of decisions of federal administrative and quasi-judicial proceedings in the Annual Report of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) of Canada. This report on the Privacy Act was tabled by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, […]
What probably started as a silly prank could turn into criminal charges of personation against a high school student from Brandon, Manitoba, who set up a phony Facebook profile in his teacher's name that included the teacher's photo and biographical details.1 Although in the end, these criminal charges will probably be nothing more than a […]
Canada is getting serious on identity theft! Will sharpening the teeth of the criminal law be enough? To clarify the news headlines, Justice Minister Rob Nicholson’s has announced that proposed legislation intends to criminalize preparatory offences, such as gathering and/or trafficking confidential personal information for the purposes of deceit or fraud. While preparatory offences will […]