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Dating Site Plans to Take Facebook Profile Information

Stuart Freen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. In one of the sleaziest moves to hit the internet in a while (and that is a very low bar), online dating site Gotham Dating Partners Inc. announced this month that it plans to take the information from up to 340 million public Facebook […]

Do Not Track Movement Gaining Traction

Stuart Freen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. In a blog post on his personal website, Mozilla global privacy and public-policy leader Alexander Fowler revealed that upcoming releases of Firefox will include a “Do Not Track” feature designed to stop online advertisers from tracking users. Google announced the same day that it will release a […]

Uncovering the IP in eHealth Records: Who Should Own Your Medical History?

Steven Zuccarelli is a 2012 J.D Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School As technology in health care races ahead, individuals will readily imagine innovative, cutting edge medical techniques that may cure them of an ailment, or perhaps extend the length of their years.  However, an often-overlooked feature of technologically advanced health care is a unified, […]

Google Books and Privacy

Michael Perry is a graduate from the School of Information at University of Michigan specializing in the field of Information Policy. Google Books was first introduced in late 2003.  The project’s goal was to scan books and make them available to online searches.  Users would be able to search for specific terms in the books.  Google […]

Rethinking Privacy: James Grimmelmann's "Privacy as Product Safety"

Peter Waldkirch is a second year LL.B. student at the University of Ottawa. The rapid rise of online social networks (can you believe that Facebook only opened itself to the general public in 2006?) has already raised many privacy-related issues. For example, I would suspect that many readers of IPilogue have already heard about stories […]

Secure IPR essential for China's Growth

Virgil Cojocaru is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Google recently surprised the world by announcing it may pull out of China. In the meantime, it would no longer enforce China’s information suppression and screening platform. Ultimately, if Google leaves China, it will do so because the country’s government would not tolerate Google […]

France and the Right to Forget

Peter Waldkirch is a second year LL.B. student at the University of Ottawa. The BBC recently reported on a proposed law in France about creating an online “right to forget” (Internet legislation would seem to be a hot issue in France; recent news includes the October 2009 acceptance of the graduated-response “3-strikes” HADOPI 2, and […]

31st International Commissioner Conference Promises Global Privacy Standard

Brandon Evenson is a 2010 JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On November 3rd, over 1000 privacy experts from 50 nations met in Madrid and drafted an agreement on international standards for the protection of privacy and personal data. Privacy organizations have touted the agreement as an expansive statement on the future of privacy. […]

Could we end up paying to subvert our privacy rights?

Virgil Cojocaru is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Ms. Jennifer Stoddart, in a letter to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security concludes that the Investigative Powers for the 21st Century Act (Bill C-46) and the Technical Assistance for Law Enforcement in the 21st Century […]

IP Osgoode Speaks: Chris Castle on Voluntary Collective Licensing

Brandon Evenson is a 2010 JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. He holds a degree in Computer Engineering from Queen’s University. Prior to attending Osgoode, Mr. Evenson consulted for some of the world’s leading technology firms in the area of contract risk and licensing compliance. Last Thursday, IP Osgoode hosted Chris Castle, managing partner […]