On July 21, 2009, B.C. Information and Privacy Commissioner David Loukidelis ruled that the amount and type of information and the length it is retained by the "Barwatch" system used in many Vancouver and Victoria nightclubs is in violation of Section 7(2) of the B.C. B.C.s Personal Information Protection Act.
The winter winds blow silently across the plains carving patterns in the snow. The whipperwill whippers in the chill of winters cold grip. The trees are bare and skeletal; branches reaching to the sky. The icicles grow slowly as dew drips and freezes on their icy surface. The snow hare ventures from its burrow, blending into the cold silent white world.
