Everyone talks about tariffs because tariffs are loud. Almost nobody talks about data sovereignty because it sounds like a panel discussion with bad coffee. But guess which one will shape the next decade more? Michael Geist’s article in The Globe and Mail makes the point clearly: countries aren’t just fighting over goods anymore. They’re fighting […]
Is Your Client Data Really Yours? If you are a Canadian small business owner in Canada, you likely rely on a variety of digital tools to run your day-to-day operations. You store client notes in the cloud, host webinars, send emails, and maybe even use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help draft your training materials. But
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With Meta and Google announcing that they will block news sharing and links on their platforms before the law takes effect, the Canadian media sector stands to lose millions of dollars with lost links, the cancellation of dozens of existing deals, and a bill that might not generate any new revenues.
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The purpose of this Act is to benefit all persons, especially persons with disabilities, through the realization, within the purview of matters coming within the legislative authority of Parliament, of a Canada without barriers, on or before January 1, 2040, particularly by the identification and removal of barriers, and the prevention of new barriers, in
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Canada’s Senate is DAYS away from passing a Bill C-11 – a bill that gives the CRTC sweeping new powers to regulate and manipulate YOUR videos, search results, podcasts, Netflix recommendations and more.1 Our government needs a strong message that YOU are the one who should decide what you see and listen to online. There’s
Calling all Canadians! Fix Bill C-11: Protect your feeds. Read More »
A treasure trove of Hollywood intellectual property is heading for the public domain and Mickey Mouse is about to be set free… https://www.economist.com/christmas-specials/2022/12/20/a-treasure-trove-of-hollywood-intellectual-property-is-heading-for-the-public-domain.
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The Federal Trade Commission the F.T.C. fined Facebook $5 billion — a fraction of Facebook’s $56 billion in annual revenue — for violating a 2011 privacy settlement and placed new conditions on Facebook for privacy violations. The F.T.C. mandated the social network: create an independently appointed privacy committee on its board designate compliance officers to
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I see @facebook as an #innovative hero AND victim. I believe the world needs to unite to deal with new superpowers ALL social media spaces grants users, similar to what the #EU did to drive #GDPR. What do YOU think?
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The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) is responsible for privacy legislation in Canada for Businesses. OPC oversees compliance with: The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) which affects most Canadian Businesses The Privacy Act which is law for government departments and agencies, and their vendors by default. This is why Sue Sutcliffe suggests
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