2009 March 30 | Alec Saunders

Local MP Pierre Poilievre should be commended for the approach he has advocated to Google’s Street View project. Cars with cameras are now on Canadian streets, taking photographs. Whatever your opinion of the utility of Street View, Google is likely violating Canadian privacy laws in doing so.

Poilievre is asking Google to testify before Parliament, as part of an effort to overhaul Canadian privacy legislation. He’d like to know what happens to those photographs, where they are stored, and what is being done to protect Canadian’s privacy.

As we speed toward the world of 1984, it’s good to see some of our politicians asking the right questions. Poilievre’s committee should also examine the unrestricted use of surveillance cameras, internet service providers obligations, and a host of other privacy related issues that are cropping up as technology continues to advance at break-neck speed.

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On Friday of last week, we started something new for Calliflower. We held our first conference call for Calliflower affiliate network members. It was short, and gave people the information they needed to go and implement a marketing program of their own to earn affiliate revenue from selling Calliflower.

It was also a great opportunity to demo the features of Calliflower. I showed some powerpoint, and two documents in the document sharing window, plus I made a recording of the whole call.

We announced the first Calliflower sales contest on that call. The contest runs until April 13, and pays $500 to the first affiliate who makes 10 or more Calliflower sales, and $100 to each of the first 5 affiliates who make 5 or more Calliflower sales.

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