FC: Canadian parliament about to vote on major privacy legislation

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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> Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 07:52:53 -0800
> From: Chris Wood <c_wood () istar ca>
> To: declan () well com
> Subject: new Canadian law on e-privacy
>
> Hey there!
>
> I've been enjoying your stuff in Wired; and am delighted to discover
> politech. You tackle the same kind of issues I hope to target as newly
> appointed national tech correspondent for Maclean's magazine (rather the
> equivalent in Canada to Time+Newsweek; see www.macleans.ca). ]
>
>     Are you aware that the Canadian parliament is to vote shortly (as
> soon as this week) on a major piece of legislation that will extend
> Euro-style definitions and obligations of privacy protection to
> federally regulated businesses and to health providers in Canada. It
> will also enable e-filing of legal documents (such as your Mattel
> subpeona) and permit (with tech definitions to come) e-signatures. It
> will oblige companies collecting personal data to get informed consent
> for the collection and allow complaints about abuse of personal
> information to be submitted for investigation to Canada's Privacy
> Commissioner. A full text of the proposed law, Bill C-6, is at
>
> http://www.parl.gc.ca/36/2/parlbus/chambus/house/bills/government/C-6/C-6_3/C-6_cover-E.html
>
> note: as this indicates, the bill passed the Commons (Canada's lower
> house) but was sent back after being amended in the Senate; it now needs
> to be voted on again by the Commons to become law.
>
> Hope this is of interest. Cheers,
>
> Chris Wood
> National Technology Correspondent
> Maclean's Magazine
> (you can also e me at cwood () macleans ca; my 'work' laptop is ill and my
> e-mail is forwarded to my private account/cw)

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