Have you put much thought into the impact the US Patriots Act has on how you do business? Has it changed the way you work or your willingness to work with US suppliers?
Our privacy commissioner has raised the issue of transfering cusomter data over borders and some US suppliers have set up offices here to counter this. A recent poll suggests 94 per cent of Canadians surveyed have expressed some concern about Canadian companies transferring customers' personal information to companies in other countries. Your thoughts?
Under the terms of the US Patriot Act, as I understand it, US firms can be forced to hand over information contained in databases and corporate records, including data from non-US subsidiaries.
Monday, February 26, 2007
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