Monday, August 14, 2006

Canada: Privacy Commissioner Launches SWIFT Investigation

Via The Office of The Privacy Commissioner of Canada.

The Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Jennifer Stoddart, has officially launched an investigation of the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), a European-based financial cooperative that supplies messaging services and interface software to a large number of financial institutions in more than 200 countries, including Canada, to determine whether personal information relating to Canadians’ financial transactions is being improperly disclosed by SWIFT to foreign authorities.

The Commissioner has notified SWIFT of her intention to launch an investigation into the matter.

More here.

posted by Fergie @ 8/14/2006 03:15:00 PM

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