The USA PATRIOT ACT facilitates, among other things, the ability of U.S. authorities to conduct searches and to seize or compel the disclosure of records, which could risk the security of that data and a possible breach of Canadian private sector privacy legislation. According to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, a company […]
THE PATRIOT ACT affects all Canadian Marketers. Beware! [VIDEO 27m14s] Read More »
If you have a website that may be accessed by European citizens, you MUST comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or you may be facing heavy fines. FREE WEBINAR TODAY ONLY Monday, June 18, 2018 (1-2pm) EST Join me and get answers to these GDPR questions and more! What is the EU General
Professor Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-Commerce Law, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law presents “Separating Fact from Fiction: The Reality of Canadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education”
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When you register a domain name you agree that the name does not infringe upon or violate the rights of any third party and that you agree to participate in an arbitration-like proceeding should a claim be made against you. A UDRP proceeding must establish three elements to succeed: The domain name is identical or confusingly
One of the questions I get asked most frequently these days is… Are loaded Android boxes legal, and I’m pleased to share what Canadian internet law expert Michael Geist says which is… “Loaded android boxes falls a little bit into that grey area,” You see Canada’s Copyright Act prohibits unauthorized downloading of copyrighted content, but viewers using
Are you still paying for TV or do you use a loaded Android box? Read More »
Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) establishes rules for the sending of commercial electronic messages (CEMs) and the installation of computer programs. CASL also prohibits the unauthorized alteration of transmission data. The rules that apply to CEMs come into force on July 1, 2014 while the rules governing computer programs take effect Jan. 15, 2015, followed by
The Bill C-11 legislative committee concluded its clause-by-clause review yesterday as eight government amendments were added to the bill and all opposition amendments were defeated. The amendments included an expanded enabler provision and some modest tinkering to other elements of the bill. There are still several steps needed before the bill passes including third reading
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The Senate begins voting on January 24th on two bills before Congress now; PIPA (Protect IP Act) PIPA and SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) that many experts say is a threat to privacy… ❝The consensus among many experts, internet users, web companies and even the White House, is that SOPA is too restrictive, too dangerous, too complicated and too
SOPA and PIPA is NOT just an American thing! Read More »
