Why not to have a privacy commissioner, from Jim Harper [priv]

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

I saw the National Post story on the plane to Ottawa yesterday. It was the 
top story with a banner headline. I haven't read the auditor general's 
report myself, but if the allegations are correct (I have no reason to 
believe otherwise) it really is a fiasco up here.

It looks like the report is available here:
http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/domino/reports.nsf/html/20030930ce.html
http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/domino/media.nsf/html/20030930pre.html

And a Globe and Mail story about the RCMP starting a criminal investigation:
http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030930.waudit0930_2/BNStory/National/

-Declan

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From: "Jim Harper" 
<<mailto:jim.harper () privacilla org>im.harper@privacilla.<mailto:jim.harper () privacilla org>org>
To: <declan () well com>
Subject: Why not to have a privacy commissioner
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 09:11:36 -0400

 
<http://www.canada.com/ottawa/ottawacitizen/story.asp?id=EE8D9311-22FA-4BB9-9DC6-A5D498F33842>http<http://www.canada.com/ottawa/ottawacitizen/story.asp?id=EE8D9311-22FA-4BB9-9DC6-A5D498F33842>://www.canada.com/ottawa/ottawacitizen/story.asp?id=EE8D9311-22FA-4BB9-9DC6-A5D498F33842

I don't know if you've seen this, but Canada's Privacy Commissioner fiasco 
continues.

Credit where credit is due: At least Canada will punish what wrongdoing is 
found.  Europe probably gives its privacy bureaucrats <i>carte blanche</i> 
to free-spend tax dollars.

Jim Harper
Editor
Privacilla.org


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