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Canada Differs on US Plan to Send PRIVATE Data Around Web

by zipdadoda | April 20, 2008 at 12:17 pm | 286 views | 1 comment | 0 recommendations

Let's Dump Canada's Privacy Commissioner

In this day and age when government can’t be trusted with a set of blueprints for the new world trade center, a Canadian government official, (letter below), is taking a stand against U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff plan to collect and share private personal data with other countries around the world.

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zipdadoda

at 03:40 on April 22nd, 2008

Definition: The Privacy Commissioner of Canada is a federal government ombudsman and advocate for the privacy rights of Canadians. The Privacy Commissioner investigates complaints about personal information held by the federal government of Canada, under the Privacy Act. The Privacy Commissioner also investigates complaints about privacy issues in relation to private sector companies covered by the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.

The Privacy Commissioner reports directly to Parliament and is appointed for a seven-year term.