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: The Canadian Privacy Law BlogEdmonton's pawnshop database violates privacy laws, Alberta commissioner rules
By David T.S. Fraser
The Alberta Commissioner's office has been busy and productive as of late. The Commissioner has ruled that a database of pawn shop patrons is unlawful and has ordered that the database that's been in operation since 2006 be destroyed. Check out the decision/order here: Order P2007-001, F2007-001 and F2007-002.
Some media coverage here: Edmonton's pawnshop database violates privacy laws, commissioner rules
Full post as published by The Canadian Privacy Law Blog on February 21, 2008 (boomark / email).
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