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resa1983
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Re: Teksavvy and PIPEDA

said by nitzguy:

said by mattvmotas:

said by m3chen:

To all TSI customers,

If the intent of the data logs was originally intended for customer support then handing it over to Voltage Pictures would constitute a violation of Tek Savvy's customer privacy as it now is being used for purpose beyond its original intent.

The Privacy Act does not override a court order. You are taking an excerpt out of context. If a court orders TSI to produce the information then that is an overriding legal requirement that supercedes the Privacy Act.

...Not to play devil's advocate, but is there a specific way the information has to be handed over? .....If so I'd be happy to pay to get some trees cut down and for some toner ink to have it all done by paper....

I mean if TSI has to give the information over, it shouldn't have to give it over on a silver platter all nicely and neatly formed and whatnot......just give it to them as raw data....I know they could pay someone to electronically transfer it all, but its the principle I guess....

They specifically asked for it to be handed over in Excel format.
JMJimmy
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They can ask for it in any format they want, they CANNOT get it in excel format. PIPEDA is very very clear on this issue: TSI must ensure that any 3rd party that gets data collected by them adhere to the same level of security TSI uses to protect it's customer data. Passing it along in unencrypted excel format is not secure at all and I'm sure TSI has much stricter systems in place.

nitzguy
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said by resa1983:

They specifically asked for it to be handed over in Excel format.

What if TSI doesn't use Microsoft Excel in their business, perhaps they can hand it over in CSV format? . Or OpenOffice.org format?....

I mean they can't force a company to hand over data in a certain way....also if I was TSI I'd make it difficult, and I feel like I could do that in an excel format even .

jamesll
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Visicalc on 200K floppies?
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said by nitzguy:

....also if I was TSI I'd make it difficult, and I feel like I could do that in an excel format even .

You know you can embed GIFs in Excel, right?

TwiztedZero
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said by jamesll :

Visicalc on 200K floppies?

ROFL, now that'd be 'nice', some obsolete format thats nolonger in widespread use anywheres.

hm
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I'd give it to them as an TIFF. Then I would make an ISO of the TIFF. Then i would create RAR archives 1.44M large. Then I would zip it it all. Then I would make them get it off of p2p to save the cost of the stamp and key. If they used more than one IP to get it I would then sue for sharing private info with someone else.
JMJimmy
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said by nitzguy:

said by resa1983:

They specifically asked for it to be handed over in Excel format.

What if TSI doesn't use Microsoft Excel in their business, perhaps they can hand it over in CSV format? . Or OpenOffice.org format?....

I mean they can't force a company to hand over data in a certain way....also if I was TSI I'd make it difficult, and I feel like I could do that in an excel format even .

TSI has a legal obligation to ensure that Voltage places the same safeguards on the information that TSI does. TSI can refuse to disclose the information (even under a court order) until the safeguards are in place. Once they are in place any court order must be upheld. If TSI uses a certain type of encryption, data separation, user access controls, etc then so must Voltage.
resa1983
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resa1983

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I'm just going to respond to a few different things.. Excuse the mess.
said by JMJimmy:

said by nitzguy:

said by resa1983:

They specifically asked for it to be handed over in Excel format.

What if TSI doesn't use Microsoft Excel in their business, perhaps they can hand it over in CSV format? . Or OpenOffice.org format?....

I mean they can't force a company to hand over data in a certain way....also if I was TSI I'd make it difficult, and I feel like I could do that in an excel format even .

TSI has a legal obligation to ensure that Voltage places the same safeguards on the information that TSI does. TSI can refuse to disclose the information (even under a court order) until the safeguards are in place. Once they are in place any court order must be upheld. If TSI uses a certain type of encryption, data separation, user access controls, etc then so must Voltage.

The only problem is, the last 2 copytroll cases (1 which was Voltage in Fall 2011, 1 which was NGN Fall 2012), the courts accepted the plaintiff's request as to the format of the information, and ordered it as such. So there is some history here already.
said by JMJimmy:

One thing I do know: If the motion for disclosure is denied, TSI damn well better request some serious costs for notifying it's customers and all the other costs they had to endure.

They will be requesting remuneration for their costs. Nothing more, nothing less. Whatever that amount may be.
said by funny0:

NOW TSI might collect incidental data on usage and for congestion/networking purposes BUT no where did i sign anything stating that upon request of any 3rd party for whatever reason my data can be hap hazzardly handed over. NOW of course there are exceptions to this and one is when a warrant is issued and ill add that is a police matter not a 3rd party matter and the 3rd party and voltage should then hand over data to the police and let them obtain a warrant....

This has been tested extensively, with a bunch of defamation suits.
»espn.go.com/golf/story/_ ··· famation resulted in »webcache.googleuserconte ··· irefox-a
»zvulony.ca/2012/articles ··· ostings/

Geist himself even wrote about this:
»www.michaelgeist.ca/cont ··· 955/135/
quote:
In sorting out the balance, the court relied on a legal test established in 2010 Ontario defamation case that similarly involved anonymous online postings. That case identified four factors to consider: (1) Whether there was a reasonable expectation of anonymity; (2) Whether the plaintiff established a prima facie case of wrongdoing by the poster; (3) Whether the plaintiff tried to identify the poster and was unable to do so; and (4) Whether the public interest favouring disclosure outweigh the legitimate interests of freedom of expression and right to privacy of the persons sought to be identified if the disclosure is ordered.

In this particular instance, the court sided with the posters and refused to order the disclosure of their identities. Since the plaintiff (who has since indicated she plans to appeal) did not identify the specific defamatory words, she failed to establish a prima facie case of defamation.
So, lets go through the test with this case, shall we?
1. Reasonable expectation of privacy? Yes.
2. Prima facie case of wrongdoing? Yes, until the evidence is tried anyways (which isn't required for a court order)
3. Plaintiff tried to identify the poster & unable to? Yes.
4. Public Interest favouring disclosure outweighs freedom of express & privacy... Yes.

The only thing people HAVE been able to do, is argue to stay anonymous with representation, conduct a full trial, while the judge knows who you are.

I'm sorry to say that you have no right to privacy whatsoever if libeling someone, or breaking the law (ie copyright infringement).
jkoblovsky
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said by resa1983:

I'm just going to respond to a few different things.. Excuse the mess.

The only problem is, the last 2 copytroll cases (1 which was Voltage in Fall 2011, 1 which was NGN Fall 2012), the courts accepted the plaintiff's request as to the format of the information, and ordered it as such. So there is some history here already.

They will be requesting remuneration for their costs. Nothing more, nothing less. Whatever that amount may be.

This has been tested extensively, with a bunch of defamation suits.
»espn.go.com/golf/story/_ ··· famation resulted in »webcache.googleuserconte ··· irefox-a
»zvulony.ca/2012/articles ··· ostings/

Geist himself even wrote about this:
»www.michaelgeist.ca/cont ··· 955/135/

So, lets go through the test with this case, shall we?
1. Reasonable expectation of privacy? Yes.
2. Prima facie case of wrongdoing? Yes, until the evidence is tried anyways (which isn't required for a court order)
3. Plaintiff tried to identify the poster & unable to? Yes.
4. Public Interest favouring disclosure outweighs freedom of express & privacy... Yes.

The only thing people HAVE been able to do, is argue to stay anonymous with representation, conduct a full trial, while the judge knows who you are.

I'm sorry to say that you have no right to privacy whatsoever if libeling someone, or breaking the law (ie copyright infringement).

This point with respect to privacy is not helpful in describing where the responsibility lies in this particular case. Consumers are owed crystal clear answers moving forward with respect to their rights.

Businesses do not have to directly challenge the issues with respect to privacy. What they do have to do under PIPEDA is to ensure that the merits of the requests and evidence presented are sound prior to release, which in this case falls on TSI to do DIRECTLY.

»excesscopyright.blogspot ··· hat.html
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said by resa1983:

So, lets go through the test with this case, shall we?
1. Reasonable expectation of privacy? Yes.
2. Prima facie case of wrongdoing? Yes, until the evidence is tried anyways (which isn't required for a court order)
3. Plaintiff tried to identify the poster & unable to? Yes.
4. Public Interest favouring disclosure outweighs freedom of express & privacy... Yes.

No. 1 is a toss up, but I really don't see how you get Yes on No. 4., how is the public interest served by allowing 2,000 suits for commercial copyright infringement with no proof? It is obvious from Votage's filing that claim is 100% made up. Which makes it a waste of the court's time and of public money. Anyway, let's see how the court looks at this, if CIPICC gets standing all these questions will get answered one way or another.