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> Date: Fri, 02 Jan 1998 01:00:07
> From: John Walker <jwalker@networx.on.ca>
> A link to the discussion paper
> 
> "The Protection of Personal Information: Building Canada's Information
> Economy and Society."
> 
> has been established at:
> 
> http://www.networx.on.ca/~jwalker
> 
> Select Internet Resources and then
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> Global Communications and Community Networking.
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> Canadians to Tackle Net Privacy Issues
> 
> Internet News
> 
> [January 30--OTTAWA, Ontario] The federal Departments of Industry
> and Justice have released a public discussion paper entitled "The
> Protection of Personal Information: Building Canada's Information Economy
> and Society."
> 
> The paper outlines the various issues which must be addressed in
> developing legislation.
> 
> In Canada, the Privacy Act protects personal information collected
> by the Government of Canada, but there is no current federal
> legislation protecting the information collected by the private
> sector. The Government is committed to developing legislation to
> protect personal information in the private sector and will be
> introducing new legislation in the Fall of 1998.
> 
> Canada is fortunate to have The Canadian Standards Association (CSA)
> Code for the Protection of Personal Information, an excellent
> starting point for the new law because it represents a consensus
> among industry, government, and consumer groups.
> 
> The CSA Code embodies the following 10 fair information principles:
> accountability; identifying purposes; consent; limiting collection;
> limiting use, disclosure and retention; accuracy; safeguards;
> openness; individual access; and challenging compliance.
> 
> The discussion paper outlines the key elements of the Code, asks
> whether the Code covers all the issues sufficiently, raises
> questions, and puts forward options. All Canadians are encouraged to
> read and respond to the paper on or before March 27, 1998. 
> ---------------
> Also in this issue:
> - Canadians to Tackle Net Privacy Issues
>     [January 30--OTTAWA, Ontario] The federal Departments of Industry
>     and Justice have released a public discussion paper entitled "The
>     Protection of Personal Information: Building Canada's Information
>     Economy and Society."
> - FCC chief wants to untangle Internet congestion
>     WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nation's top telecommunications regulator
> 
>     wants to help ease the World Wide Wait on the Internet.
> - Souped-up Telephone Can Surf the Net
>     Everybody is looking for the right package.
>     Maybe it's services, maybe it's a bundle of devices tied together.
>     But various businesses and entrepreneurs are searching for a
>     money-making combination that will give consumers and companies a
>     bunch of technology in one, well, package.
> - AOL slams two more spammers
>     America Online Inc. is heading to court once again to try to lessen
>     the flow of unsolicited bulk E-mail to users' mailboxes.
> - Booking space on the Net
>     Online booksellers such as Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble may boast
>     about their millions of books, but in-print books are only a
>     minuscule portion of the total number of books in the world.
> - Gates and Ellison debate future of computing
>    In rough outline, the visions Bill Gates and Larry Ellison have of
>    the future of computing are remarkably alike.
> - IBM ends unlimited Internet plan
>    WASHINGTON -- IBM Global Services is about to pull the plug on
>    unlimited use of its Internet access service for a flat fee.
> - New Lists and Journals
>     1) Evolutionary Ecology
>     2) Experimental and Applied Acarology
>     3) Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
>     4) Seminars in Food Analysis
>     5) Food Science and Technology International
>     6) Geotechnical and Geological Engineering
>     7) Glycoconjugate Journal
>     8) The Histochemical Journal
>     9) Journal of Hypertension
>    10) Fleshmouth
> - Sunday Supplement
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>    E-COMMERCE/ADVERTISING
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>     : Online Advertising: Building Customer Loyalty
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>    GENERAL TRENDS
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>     : Telecommuting's Time Has Come
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