Volume II

Issue : 3: February 5, 2004

• U.S. National Cable Association Proposes Limited VoIP Regulation
• The VoIP Regulatory Debate Intensifies in Canada - TRAI Amends its Quality of Service Regulations for VoIP Long Distance Service in India
• Minnesota Judge Refuses to Reserve VoIP Decision - Panama Introduces Tax on VoIP
• Lawsuit Launched Against Credit Card Companies over Piracy of Internet Pornography
• U.S. Telemarketers Required to Identify Themselves to Consumers by Caller ID
• Federal, British Columbia and Alberta Privacy Commissioners Agree to Cooperate
• FTC Releases Report on 2003 Consumer Fraud and Identity Theft Complaints
• B.C. Court Rules Forward Looking Infra-Red Technology Does Not Constitute a Search
• RIAA Targets Individuals on Anonymous Basis - Australia Music Industry Sues ISP
• France Gets Ready to Take Action against Internet Piracy
• Canadian Company to Offer High-speed Internet Access Via Hydro Lines
• U.S. Court of Appeals Finds Formation of On-line Contract Does Not Require "I Agree"
• Ontario Court Asserts Jurisdiction Over Washington Post Based on Online Publication

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Federal, British Columbia and Alberta Privacy Commissioners Agree to Cooperate

The Privacy Commissioner of Canada and the Information and Privacy Commissioners of Alberta and British Columbia announced on January 26, 2004 that they will cooperate to establish a unified approach to handling private sector privacy complaints. Their goal is to develop consistent rules of enforcement that avoid conflicts of jurisdiction in response to new privacy laws which became effective on January 1, 2004.

The federal law, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), has been applied in stages since 2001. The rules that became effective on January 1, 2004 deal with the collection, use and disclosure of personal information in the course of commercial activities throughout the private sector. The Alberta and British Columbia acts are both known as the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA).

For a copy of the press release, visit:
http://www.privcom.gc.ca/media/nr-c/2004/nr-c_040126_e.asp
For a copy of the federal act, visit:
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/P-21/index.html
For a copy of the British Columbia act, visit:
http://oipcbc.org/legislation
For a copy of the Alberta act, visit:
http://www.psp.gov.ab.ca/legislation/pipa/