On Aug. 31, the Web's most famous retailer dumped its long-standing practice of not selling, trading or renting customer information in favor of a policy that says the company collects every scrap of data provided by its customers and considers that collection a key asset that could be sold. However, the proposals, from Bell Canada and a network security working group at the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, are running into strong opposition from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, which sees them as another assault on people's ability to control personal information. As well, they have received mixed reviews from organizations such as the B.C. Civil Liberties Association. This article explains the laws affecting these online businesses. All rights reserved.
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