Lots of coverage today of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada’s announcement that she has completed her review of Facebook’s compliance with the recommendations arising from the first complaint. The office is currently investigating two other Facebook-related complaints.
Articles by: Michael Geist
CIRA Takes On DROC
CIRA has taken on the Domain Registry of Canada, a registrar that has been accused of domain slamming. DROC has responded by suing CIRA for $10 million.
Lawful Access Bill to Return this Fall
The Law Times reports that Justice Minister Robert Nicholson plans to reintroduce lawful access legislation this fall. Two prior bills died on the order paper late last year.
Media Mergers the Latest Stab at ‘Walled Garden’ Strategy
Appeared in the Toronto Star on September 20, 2010 as Media Mergers the Latest Stab at ‘Walled Garden’ Strategy In the years before the emergence of the Internet, three online service providers battled in the United States for market supremacy. America Online (later AOL), Prodigy, and Compuserve each adopted “walled […]
ACTAWatch.org: A New Site on Everything ACTA
With the next round of the ACTA negotiations scheduled to begin tomorrow in Tokyo, I am pleased to launch a new site that aggregates much of the analysis and publicly available materials on the draft agreement. ACTAWatch.org includes the latest leaked text, links to official and leaked documents, country-specific discussion, […]
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