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Canada uses anti-spam law to take down Toronto botnet

By Roger Watkiss (CA) on December 4, 2015 Posted in Regulatory response

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced on Thursday, December 3, 2015, that it had served its first-ever warrant under Canada’s anti-spam law (CASL, enacted July 2014) to take down a command-and-control server located in Toronto, Ontario, that was being used to distribute Win32/Dorkbot malware.… Continue reading

Ontario to introduce enhanced privacy legislation for healthcare data

By Roger Watkiss (CA) on June 11, 2015 Posted in Regulatory response

The Government of Ontario announced that it intends to introduce amendments to the Province’s Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA) that, if passed, would strengthen privacy rules with respect to health records, make it easier to prosecute offences, and increase fines for privacy breaches.… Continue reading