= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = RELATED POSTINGS 2018-11-16 Surveillance Kills Freedom By Killing Experimentation, Bruce Schneier. from “The End of Trust”. In my book Data and Goliath, I write about the value of privacy. I talk about how it is essential for political […]
(NOTE: list of RELATED postings at bottom) Further to: My reply to “StatsCan plan to scoop customer spending data from banks” I received this: I circulated on facebook the petition against this sharing of personal data from financial institutions. One response made it clear that people trust Stats Canada a way more than is warranted, […]
(NOTE: list of RELATED postings at bottom) Tech companies’ reign over users’ personal data has run largely unchecked in the age of the internet. Europe is seeking to end that with a new law by Steve Kroft This has not been a great year for big tech; on Wall Street or in Washington. For decades, […]
UPDATES: (note – list of “RELATED” postings at bottom) 2018-11-16 the BLIND SPOT in Privacy Commissioner’s investigation of StatsCan (getting personal data from the private sector) 2018-11-13 Poll: Canadians strongly oppose Statscan’s plan to obtain the banking records of 500,000 households, Globe & Mail. – – – – – – – – – – – […]
(NOTE: List of RELATED postings at bottom) https://sencanada.ca/en/newsroom/banc-senate-committee-to-probe-statistics-canada-request-for-canadians-banking-data/ News Release Senate committee to probe Statistics Canada’s request for Canadians’ banking data November 6, 2018 Ottawa – Following confirmation that Statistics Canada intends to compel major financial institutions to provide detailed customer banking information, the Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce announced Monday that it […]
(NOTE: list of RELATED postings at bottom /S) Howard Solomon @HowardITWC Several senators attacked Statistics Canada’s controversial plan to force banks to hand over personal spending data of tens of thousands of residents at a hearing today as an unnecessary intrusion of privacy. “I’m repelled by this,” Sen. David Tkachuk told the Senate banking committee […]
Alexander Nix, pictured here in 2016, was recently suspended from his position as the C.E.O. of Cambridge Analytica, the firm at the center of a data-mining scandal involving Facebook. n 2006, a local pollster in Nepal was kidnapped by Maoist rebels while conducting opinion surveys on behalf of the American political strategist Stan Greenberg. The […]
RELATED: (2011 census) 2013-10 Lockheed Martin Census: StatsCan math is wrong on non-compliance. It’s 11%, not 2%. Under oath at the trial of Audrey Tobias. GOOD NEWS: 3 months in jail is no longer used to coerce citizens into relinquishing their Charter Right to Privacy of Personal Information. (But the threat of prosecution is still […]
Let us not go down the path described by George Orwell in The Animal Farm. Forgetfulness of how democracy works, the importance of our Charter Rights, the fact that it is only citizens who will, in the end, defend them. We stand on guard. http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundayedition/june-11-2017-the-sunday-edition-with-michael-enright-1.4150230/canadians-just-don-t-care-about-privacy-michael-s-essay-1.4150263 3:28 minutes total At the 1:03 minute mark, and which is WRONG: […]
December 12, 2016 The Government announced Amendments to the Statistics Act – – details at http://sandrafinley.ca/?p=18049. Should I have sent out an action alert? (I didn’t.) The changes to the Act have been made, but are not in effect yet – – the Bill (C-36) has not received Royal Assent as of Feb 3. […]