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Misplaced Doubts About Facebook Advocacy

With the anti-proroguing Facebook group now past 100,000 members, there is still a surprising debate about the merits of online advocacy.  Blayne Haggart rightly points out that we've seen this before in Canada and it is somewhat surprising that there is such doubt that this form of advocacy can be […]

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January 8, 2010 20 comments News

The Year in Tech Law and Policy: My Annual A to Z Review

The past twelve months in law and technology were exceptionally active, with new legislation, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission hearings, national consultations, and very public battles over digital issues. My weekly technology law column (Toronto Star version, homepage version) takes a look back at 2009 from A to Z: A […]

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December 28, 2009 4 comments Columns

NB Court Orders Production of ISP and Facebook Records

A New Brunswick court has ordered a plaintiff in a disability insurance claim to obtain “a history of her computer account use” from her ISP and “request” her ISP to generate a record accounting for her FaceBook use.

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December 23, 2009 3 comments News

Privacy Law Emerges as Latest Canadian Export

The recent Canadian privacy case involving Facebook attracted international attention as the world's leading social networking site agreed to implement a series of changes that will affect 250 million users.  While the case is widely viewed as a significant victory for Canadian privacy, my weekly technology law column (Toronto Star version, homepage version) notes the issue might never have been addressed but for a second, little-noticed privacy decision released two weeks later.

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September 17, 2009 2 comments Columns

Privacy Law Emerges as Latest Canadian Export

Appeared in the Toronto Star on September 14, 2009 as Standing on Guard for Privacy – Before Facebook The recent Canadian privacy case involving Facebook attracted international attention as the world's leading social networking site agreed to implement a series of changes that will affect 250 million users.  While the […]

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September 14, 2009 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive