Canada Introduces Privacy Reforms That Encourage Warrantless Disclosure of Info 99
An anonymous reader writes "Earlier this week, the government introduced the Digital
Privacy Act (Bill S-4), the latest attempt to update Canada's
private sector privacy law. Michael Geist reports
that the bill includes a provision that could massively expand
warrantless disclosure of personal information. Organizations will
be permitted to disclose personal information without consent (and
without a court order) to any organization that is investigating a
contractual breach or possible violation of any law. This applies
both past breaches or violations as well as potential future
violations. Moreover, the disclosure occurs in secret without the
knowledge of the affected person (who therefore cannot challenge the
disclosure since they are not aware it is happening). Consider it a
gift to copyright trolls, who won't need the courts to obtain
information on thousands of Internet users."
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