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First Test of New Canadian Privacy Act

Posted by michael on from the testing-123 dept.

dave_mcmillen writes "In Canada, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) took effect in January 2001. An upcoming case will put the act to its first test: Canadian Business Magazine is reporting that in late May, Mathew Englander will sue Telus Inc. over their right to charge him two dollars per month to have an unlisted phone number. Two other test cases are coming up later this year."

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  1. Methinks they are missing the obvious by wowbagger · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    1. make realistic video game about prison escapes
    2. See how players manage escapes
    3. Fix system to prevent those escapes
    4. Keep bad guys in
    5. PROFIT!


    Also, this might discourage people from wanting to get into prison ("DAMN! killed again! this 5U><0rz!")

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  2. DSL often has problems cutting off phone service by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Everytime DSL gets hooked up in the neighbourhood someone loses phone service. It happened to me 3 times before I cancelled Bell's DSL. Others have told me the same thing. Do yourself a favour and run - don't walk - to cable internet which is the same price, yet twice the speed and is more reliable.