As of June 17, 2010, the House of Commons has risen for summer and has left the Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Act (C-28) on the shelf until the fall. On a good note the bill will survive, along with the Amendments to PIPEDA (C-29), and will be given 2nd reading once the House is back in Ottawa later this year. Remember to review the IAPP Canadian Privacy Symposium presentation on FISA here, and consider the changes your email program...

NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CANADIAN PRIVACY: FISA AND THE PIPEDA AMENDMENTS Thursday, June 24; 1 – 2:30 p.m. EDT Recent amendments to Canada’s FISA and PIPEDA laws, which establish new requirements for marketers and new provisions on data breach notification and “lawful authority,” have organizations looking closely at their electronic marketing practices as well as their information management overall. Find out what these...

Bill C-32 or by it’s common name An Act to amend the Copyright Act was recently introduced into the House of Commons here in Canada. Professor Michael Geist presented a great informational session just days later going over the changes and some of the significant changes (both good and bad) within this slide show. If your like me and want a quick overview of the proposed changes and what these could mean to you (a blogger/podcaster,...

Last week at the IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium I presented the following PowerPoint along side, Shaun Brown – Counselor, Law Office of Kris Klein, to a group of individuals that are already working in the email space or are looking to start. This gives a high level over view of the Canadian Anti-spam Law that is currently in the House of Commons. Formerly this law was the Electronic Commerce Protection Act, aka Bill C-27. But with...