The draft recommendation from the European Parliament INTA committee on ACTA has been posted online, confirming the committee “declines to consent to conclusion of the agreement.”
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The 2012 Olympics and Branding Police
The Guardian reports on the astonishing restrictions at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, which include “branding police” to ensure only licensed brands appear at Olympic venues.
The Cybercrime Wave That Wasn’t
The NY Times features a story that provides a closer examination of cybercrime claims. It finds that “widely circulated cybercrime estimates are generated using absurdly bad statistical methods, making them wholly unreliable.”
B.C. Privacy Commissioner Calls for Mandatory Data Breach Reporting
B.C. Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has called on the province to amend its privacy law by adding mandatory data breach reporting requirements. Her office investigated 500 privacy breach cases last year alone.
Canada’s Action Plan on Open Government: A Review
David Eaves reviews the recently released Canadian government Action Plan on Open Government, which contains some notable commitments on open licensing and tinkering with access to information.
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The Sound of Silence: On Being Jewish in Canada in 2025 
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 241: Scott Benzie on How Government Policy Has Eroded Big Tech Support for Canadian Culture 
What Is the Canadian Government Doing With Its Incoherent Approach to TikTok? 
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 240: Dean Beeby on Why Canada’s Language Laws May Stop Government From Posting Access to Information Records Online 
Risky Business: The Legal and Privacy Concerns of Mandatory Age Verification Technologies
