Six months ago the Liberal government proposed increasing those powers in its new Consumer Privacy Protection Act (CPPA, also known as Bill C-11). However, the legislation is still in second reading. The government has yet to send it to a committee for detailed analysis and testimony from witnesses.
Since its release privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien has publicly criticized some of the elements, most recently on May 11 while testifying on his budget. The proposed legislation gives the privacy commissioner new powers to order organizations to obey the law, to improve their privacy-protecting processes, and to recommend high fines. However, Therrien complained these powers are “subject to severe limitations and conditions.”
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OTTAWA, May 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) This morning the Federal Court of Appeal ruled to uphold Canada’s first-ever website blocking framework in the case of
TekSavvy Solutions v. Bell Media Inc. et al. In 2019, a lower court granted a request by three television distributors affiliated with major telcos to order internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to online streaming services doing business as “GoldTV,” including sites associated with GoldTV.ca. In late March, the Federal Court of Appeal heard oral arguments in the case, including CIRA’s, and today affirmed the lower court’s decision.
“Many Canadians will be disappointed by today’s ruling,” said CIRA president and CEO, Byron Holland. “While it is important to underline that the court did not open the door for ISPs to block of their own volition, we believe fundamentally that there are more proportionate responses to copyright infringement than the
Federal Court of Appeal upholds Canada’s first-ever website blocking framework Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA
OTTAWA, May 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) This morning the Federal Court of Appeal ruled to uphold Canada’s first-ever website blocking framework in the case of
TekSavvy Solutions v. Bell Media Inc. et al. In 2019, a lower court granted a request by three television distributors affiliated with major telcos to order internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to online streaming services doing business as “GoldTV,” including sites associated with GoldTV.ca. In late March, the Federal Court of Appeal heard oral arguments in the case, including CIRA’s, and today affirmed the lower court’s decision.
Press Release – InternetNZ Wellington, 20 April 2021. InternetNZ has today announced a significant investment in its Internet infrastructure to renew the .nz registry platform. InternetNZ will partner with the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) to customise …
Wellington, 20 April 2021. InternetNZ has today announced a significant investment in its Internet infrastructure to renew the .nz registry platform. InternetNZ will partner with the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) to customise and deploy its CIRA Registry Platform. The new .nz registry will be fully operational by late 2022 and InternetNZ will continue to run and maintain it on-shore.
InternetNZ Group Chief Executive Jordan Carter says, “We evaluated a number of different registry platform solutions, and we chose the CIRA Registry Platform because it will provide .nz with world-class stability, flexibility and useability.”
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