Volume III

Issue : 4: February 24, 2005

• Canadian Federal Court of Appeal Issues Judgment in Privacy Case (Englander v. Telus)
• Online Information Broker Sued for Failing to Protect Confidential Database
• New Zealand Restaurant Fined for Out-of-Date Menu Information on its Website
• Canadian Competition Bureau Sweeps Internet for Scams and Spam
• First SPIM Arrest
• Court Finds Jury Members Should not Use Internet for Coming to Decisions
• Dutch Court Prohibits Web-based Gambling
• Motion Picture Association of American Shuts Down File-Swapping Site
• Record Fine for DJ's MP3 Piracy
• Washington State Court Denies AOL Choice of Jurisdiction Clause
• EU Parliament Rejects Proposed Law on Software Patents
• Canadian Federal Government Publishes Its Secure Electronic Signature Regulations
• Lawsuit Alleges eBay's Bidding Practices are Illegal

Home > Volume III > Issue 4: February 24, 2005 > Canadian Federal Government Publishes Its Secure Electronic Signature Regulations

Canadian Federal Government Publishes Its Secure Electronic Signature Regulations

On February 23, 2005, the Canadian government published the Secure Electronic Signature Regulations under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act and the Canada Evidence Act. The regulations are important in that they specify the technologies, processes and requisite steps required to meet the definition of a secure electronic signature in PIPEDA. Furthermore, the regulations provide that a secure electronic signature is trustworthy only if the digital signature certificate is issued by a reliable Certification Authority. Accordingly, the only digital signature certificates that are deemed to be sufficiently trustworthy are those issued by Certification authorities that have been verified by the President of the Treasury Board and who have been listed on the website of the Treasury Board Secretariat.

For a copy of the Regulations, visit:
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partII/2005/20050223/html/sor30-e.html