Canada’s Privacy Community Releases Open Letter on Copyright and Technological Threats to Privacy
posted by:Alex Cameron // 03:52 PM // May 17, 2006 //
I just thought I would point out that a number of ID Trail team members are among the very impressive list of signatories to this initiative, including Marsha Hanen, Ian Kerr, Val Steeves, Paul van Oorschot, CIPPIC, and of course the Ontario Privacy Commissioner's office has released it's own letter on point. This will be sure to get the attention of our government as it moves ahead with possible copyright reform!
Privacy Commissioners of Canada, Ontario and British Columbia Release Own Letters of Concern
http://www.intellectualprivacy.ca/
Privacy Commissioners of Canada, Ontario and British Columbia Release Own Letters of Concern
A group of public-interest oriented organizations and privacy and civil liberties experts have released an open letter to the Ministers of Canadian Heritage and Industry along with a Background Paper detailing their concerns over how proposed changes to Canadian copyright law implicate privacy, freedom of expression and civil liberties. The open letter focuses on dangers to privacy posed by the extension of legal protection to “digital rights management” (DRM) technology.
In separate letters of support, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Jennifer Stoddart, the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia, David Loukidelis, and Dr. Ann Cavoukian, Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, each wrote to Minister of Canadian Heritage Bev Oda and Industry Minister Maxime Bernier to express their concern with the privacy implications of DRM technology.
For more information, visit: www.intellectualprivacy.ca
http://www.intellectualprivacy.ca/
