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	<description>Politics, law, and culture in the age of perfect information</description>
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		<title>E-book privacy guide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anyone shopping for e-books in the coming months would do well to check out the EFF&#8217;s handy guide to the various readers and book stores&#8217; privacy pros and cons. It rates Google Books, Amazon Kindle, B&#38;N Nook, the Sony Reader, and the FBReader on what info is collected, who it&#8217;s shared with, and what control [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://panopti.ca/blog/2009/12/e-book-privacy-guide/</link>
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		<title>Privacy on the cloud</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dan Michaluk has a great post over at slaw.ca asking an important question for anyone considering moving their data to the &#8220;cloud&#8221;:
Can you assert a confidentiality or privacy claim when you have willingly put the information you seek to protect on someone else’s computer system?
After reviewing the relevant law, he concludes that the best approach [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://panopti.ca/blog/2009/10/privacy-on-the-cloud/</link>
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		<title>BC Privcom and TreoScope &#8211; Analysis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is my second post on the BC Privacy Commissioner&#8217;s recent order in the Wild Coyote Club complaint. The first is available here. A press release from the Commissioner&#8217;s Office is available here, while the full decision is here.
The story made big waves in the media:

Barwatch program violates privacy laws: commissioner &#8211; CBC News
Vancouver nightclub [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://panopti.ca/blog/2009/07/bc-privcom-and-treoscope/</link>
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		<title>BC Privacy Commissioner Rules on TreoScope ID Scanning System</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The BC Privacy Commissioner issued a long awaited order regarding the use of the TreoScope system today, finding that while collecting information to keep troublemakers out of bars and clubs is a worthy objective, the method of collection currently used by the Wild Coyote Club and the TreoScope system &#8220;does not comply with PIPA&#8221;, BC&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://panopti.ca/blog/2009/07/bc-privcom-rules-on-treoscope-id-scanning-system/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;No expectation of privacy&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Canadian Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan appeared on the last episode of TVO&#8217;s Search Engine to defend the Conservatives&#8217; new &#8220;lawful access&#8221; bill. If passed, the bill will force ISPs to install equipment to facilitate internet wiretapping and allow Canadian police access to customer name and address information from internet service providers without court [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://panopti.ca/blog/2009/07/no-expectation-of-privacy/</link>
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		<title>Canadian police wiretapping without a warrant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CBC News is reporting that between 2000 and 2008, Canadian police forces used secret warrantless wiretaps in at least 267 cases. In Canada, emergency wiretaps can be conducted outside of any system of oversight, leading to concern over potential abuse.
Typically, police wiretaps must be supervised by a court, but in cases of emergency the Criminal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://panopti.ca/blog/2009/06/canadian-police-wiretapping-without-a-warrant/</link>
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