Last week, almost 24 hours before the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in MGM v. Grokster, a highly publicized file sharing case that pitted Hollywood against the technology community, dozens of people began lining up, prepared to brave a cold Washington, DC night in order to attend the hearing. Outside […]
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B.C. Court Dismisses Privacy Claim Over Data Outsourcing
The British Columbia Supreme Court has dismissed a claim by a B.C. union challenging the outsourcing of the management of health information to a U.S. company.

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