The very active Canadian Privacy Commissioner, George Radwanski, is possibly facing disciplinary charges, according to some press reports. Radwanski has upset a few politicians in his time as Commissioner, so it's not surprising, in a way, that he will be subject to such scrutiny and political maneouvering. The timing is interesting, as he has just had his suit over police camera surveillance in British Columbia dismissed by the province's supreme court. He has also just upheld a customer complaint against an airline that denied that customer
"access to its Web site because his browser was
configured to disable “cookies”; and (2) that the company collects the
personal information of its Web site visitors without their knowledge
and consent by placing a cookie on their computers’ hard drives."