Professor Geist’s regular Toronto Star Lawbytes column (Toronto Star version, HTML backup article, homepage version) contrasts privacy compliance in Canada and the U.S. It argues that while Canada may have enacted comprehensive privacy legislation, there are minimal expectations that the law will be enforced aggressively. It concludes that organizations with […]
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Privacy Keynote on Reasonable Expectations
Professor Geist delivered a keynote address at the CACR Privacy and Security Conference in Toronto on November 6th. The talk centred on the need to focus on privacy expectations in order to ensure greater privacy compliance and protections for individuals. A webcast version should be available shortly. see: Will Copyright […]
Privacy and Expectations
Keynote address at the 4th Annual Workshop on Privacy and Security held in Toronto on November 6 – 7, 2003. Professor Geist’s talk begin at roughly the 41 minute mark.link
Keynote address, “Privacy and Expectations”
Privacy and Security: The Next Wave, 4th Annual Privacy and Security Workshop, Toronto, ON link
The Growing Conflict Between IP and Privacy Rights
Professor Geist's regular Toronto Star Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, HTML backup article, homepage version) examines the growing tension between privacy and intellectual property rights. The column assesses two recent examples — RIAA subpoenas against alleged file sharers and the brewing dispute over the reliability of WHOIS information.
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