The Canadian province of British Columbia is taking steps to isolate itself from the long arm of the Patriot Act by amending its protection of privacy legislation and:
- Placing restrictions on public bodies and service providers storing, accessing or disclosing personal information outside Canada.
- Extending the restrictions that already apply to public bodies to public employees, service providers and employees and associates of service providers.
- Requiring public bodies and service providers to report any foreign demand for disclosure of personal information not covered by the FOIPP Act.
- Protecting “whistle-blowers” who report a foreign demand for information.
- Creating offences for violation of the new privacy protection provisions, including fines of up to $500,000 for a corporation, up to $25,000 for a partnership or individual service provider and up to $2,000 for an employee.
Comments
'nee - October 21, 2004 12:53 PM
That's the first good thing the BC Liberals have done since they got elected. I doubt it is a sudden noble leaning, however, probably just a bid to make themselves look proactive. After all, the US has no reason to follow provincial law on servers that are stored on US soil, even if they're owned by a foreign company, no reason at all.
The only way to protect privacy and data transfer from being mauled by the US under the Patriot Act is to encrypt like a motherfucker.
SayNay? - October 21, 2004 4:29 PM
Al, are all your female correspondents so foul mouthed?
Alan - October 21, 2004 4:30 PM
Shhh...just don't get Cyn going.
Cyn - October 21, 2004 5:38 PM
Jesus H. Christ. Too late. This 'female correspondent' hopes you're fuckin' joking.
SayNay? - October 21, 2004 5:45 PM
...I meant to add:"...in a sexy kinda way."
'nee - October 21, 2004 6:28 PM
I think it's poetic.
Alan - October 21, 2004 6:36 PM
My oh my. I noticed my Great Lake League of Bloggers was mainly populated by kind ladies as well. Is it the leftie guy thing? Am I the Ed Broadbent of Canadian blogging, the sympathetic male making space, empowering the voice of women? Or is it rather the pathetic male pestered by stevadore dames?