British Columbia’s Privacy Commissioner is investigating BC Hydro’s Smart Metering Program to ensure that it complies with the province’s privacy law.

It took nine years of pleading, lobbying and negotiating, but the breakthrough has finally come. The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police has unveiled province-wide guidelines on the disclosure of sensitive information about a person’s mental health.

Around 80,000 people are seeking $40 million in compensation for the loss of their data on an unencrypted USB flash drive by Ontario’s Durham Region.