Canada’s privacy commissioner has opened an online discussion on deep packet inspection, a technology that allows internet service providers to intercept and examine information being sent over the internet.

You can shop, date and commit crimes virtually in online fantasy worlds like Second Life, but those virtual activities may jeopardize your privacy in the real world, says a study recently released by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.

A proposed Yukon law that would make blood testing and disclosure mandatory in certain situations would violate the privacy of Yukoners, said the territory’s privacy commissioner.

Canadian voters are at risk of identity theft because of voters lists that go missing and are circulated widely among political parties, says Canada’s privacy commissioner.