Archive for January 30th, 2006

Coming Soon: The Two-Tiered Internet in Canada

Several Canwest papers run a story this morning (Montreal Gazette, Edmonton Journal) on the move toward a two-tiered Internet in Canada. I’m quoted expressing concern, but the most important part of the story comes from Telus, which not only confirms the move toward tieried pricing ("The industry has to move […]

The Risks and Rewards of Data Retention

My weekly Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, freely available version, BBC version) examines the U.S. Department of Justice’s demand for search data from the world’s leading search engines. I argue that while much of the focus has been on the privacy implications of the USDOJ request, the story highlights […]

Google Case Highlights the Risks and Rewards of Data Retention

Appeared in the Toronto Star on January 30, 2006 as Oceans of Data Ripe for Use – and Abuse Appeared on the BBC on January 30, 2006 as Risks and Rewards of Net Data The Internet community has been buzzing for the past ten days about the U.S. Department of […]