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Covert spyware could be step over line: OIPC Travis Paterson News staff
Concerns raised by Mayor Richard Atwell over spyware installation on several municipal hall computers may be worthy of investigation, according to information presented by B.C.’s privacy commissioner. Last week, Saanich’s director of corporate services, Laura Ciarniello, released a statement on behalf of staff who handle software at the District of Saanich’s municipal hall and confirmed technicians had installed a program called Spector 360 on several computers, including one used by the Mayor. Ciarniello was responding to Atwell’s suggestion that data from his and other municipal computers was being collected on a centralized server known as “Langley.” While the statement did not go into details over what data or activity is monitored, Ciarniello did say the Mayor received a form which notified him of the software. “The Mayor was given this form at the time his computer was installed on Dec. 2. Although no signed form has been returned by the Mayor, computer access was granted to facilitate his role in the organization,” Ciarniello said. In an open letter released last week, B.C. Information and Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham suggested it is highly unlikely that a municipality can justify the use of covert monitoring software. “There are two types of system monitoring of employees: overt and covert. Overt monitoring is done with the knowledge of the employee,” Denham said. Covert monitoring is done without an employee’s knowledge and could include tracking of Internet use, logging keystrokes or taking screen captures at set intervals, she said. In a press conference on Jan. 12, Atwell said Spector 360 includes all those capabilities. PlEASE SEE: Unanswered questions, Page A5
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Katelyn Millard, 7, gets a haircut by Lizzy Lee and Me manager Caroline Woodbridge, who is organizing the Wigs for Kids Cut-A-Thon on Feb. 27 in support of the B.C. Children’s Hospital.
Cut-a-Thon for kids needs support Travis Paterson News staff
Keep those pony tails and that waste-length hair, and put it to a good cause. Lizzy Lee and Me children’s hair salon at Shelbourne Plaza is holding a Cut-A-Thon on Feb. 27 to support the Wigs
for Kids charity program. The B.C. Children’s Hospital initiative provides custom-fitted wigs to sick children, and makes life a little bit easier during a time of cancer treatment or other illness that causes hair loss. “To donate hair, you need a minimum 12 inches of length
but anyone can support the program by getting a haircut that day: men or women,” said organizer and manager Caroline Woodbridge. “The cost of the cut will be donated to Wigs for Kids.” The idea for a Cut-A-Thon started last year when a private group requested use of
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