[gnso-dow123] Fwd: Recent ruling expands reach of Canadian privacy legislation

[Ross Rader <ross@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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> From: Ross Rader <ross@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: dow-123tf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Recent ruling expands reach of Canadian privacy legislation
>
> "The Federal Court released its decision today in the case of  
> Philippa Lawson
> v. Accusearch Inc.  Mr. Justice Harrington found that, contrary to the
> federal Privacy Commissioner's interpretation, PIPEDA gives the  
> Commissioner
> jurisdiction to investigate complaints relating to the transborder  
> flow of
> personal information, including those where the respondent is located
> outside Canada. The Court ordered the Privacy Commissioner to  
> investigate
> CIPPIC's complaint.
>
> See CIPPIC News: www.cippic.ca  for copy of judgement."
>
> This will of course have implications for any registrars who do  
> business with Canadian registrants, in addition to the  
> enforceability and applicability of certain proposals before the  
> Whois Task Force. Most work done around Whois focuses on the  
> jurisdiction of the registrar, whereas this ruling seems to place a  
> stronger emphasis on the jurisdiction of the registrant.
>
> -r