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Bullying and Balancing Rights in AB v Bragg Communications
Recently Canada is engaged in national dialogue about online bullying in the wake of Amanda Todd’s suicide. One aspect being discussed is what role the law should play in protecting victims of bullying. Should new legislation be enacted, like the NDP’s proposal for a national anti-bullying strategy or should changes to the law be left […]
Legal Challenges of Autonomous Driving
On September 25th earlier this year, California became the third state in the US, following Nevada and Florida, to pass legislation in allowing the operation of driverless cars on the road. Two short years earlier, Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab director Sebastian Thrun unveiled that Google had created the world’s first autonomous car.
Reply all: BCer launches privacy class action against Google
A Sechelt resident has filed a class action suit with the British Columbia Supreme Court against tech superpower Google Inc. The claim alleges privacy and copyright violations committed by the Gmail content scanning process, which includes digital review of correspondence between Gmail users and users of other, non-Gmail accounts.
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service: UK Extends Meaning of IP in Phone Hacking Case to Remove Self-Incrimination Privilege
In the latest portion of the legal fallout from the News of the World “phone hacking” scandal, the UK Supreme Court held that former footballer and private investigator, Glenn Mulcaire must reveal his contacts with the corporation.
lawTechCamp reminds Lawful Access to consider the Charter: The Disclosure of Subscriber Information and Privacy Implications
Throughout last weekend’s second annual lawTechCamp, audience members interacted with each other using the Twitter hashtag #ltcto2012. While many participants chose not to hide their online identity behind a veil of anonymity, this possibility currently exists without privacy concerns. Sahar Zomorodi’s session, “Dissecting the term ‘lawful access’ in the proposed Online Surveillance Bill C-30,” illustrated Bill C-30’s privacy issues and […]
Court Decision May Be Closest Thing To BitTorrent Regulation
The High Court of Justice’s Technology and Construction Court recently ruled on whether relief could be sought against unknown “seeders” of BitTorrent files in AMP v. Persons Unknown. In June 2008, the claimant AMP either lost or had her cell phone stolen. The phone had a digital camera which had been used to take sexually […]
Is Anyone Listening?
The idea of surreptitiously recording confidential conversations as material to be used against someone comes straight out of spy movies and thriller novels. The act itself is clearly reprehensible but it is surprisingly difficult to determine whether legal liability subsists. The actual practice of recording conversations without consent is governed by various criminal, privacy and […]
"News Of The World" And The Regulation Of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
Dan Whalen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Disgraced UK tabloid News of the World has finally crumbled under the mounting weight of the national phone-hacking scandal. As investigations heat up and criminal charges seem imminent, it is worthwhile to examine the law that prosecutors will seek to uphold and once again […]
LinkedIn Market Debut Merits Cautious Optimism For Social Networking Valuation And Privacy
Dan Whalen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Stock in LinkedIn, the social networking website for professionals, went public recently, inspiring many to speculate about a coming wave of social networking IPOs. Concerns have been raised in all quarters about the website’s lofty valuation, but a quiet few have also wondered what […]