Happy Leap Day
My Slaw post for today: A search for Canadian legal decisions on “leap day” doesn’t turn up much other than an immigration case where an application for citizenship depended on the number of days the applicant was in Canada, and Leap Day became an issue in the calculation. Some of us who dealt with the [...]
Wearable computers, augmented reality, and gesture control
My Slaw post for today: On average, the typical lawyer does not use cutting edge technology, and even if we do have the latest smartphone or tablet, we generally don’t push the envelope for its use. It is worthwhile though (at least for those of us who might be described as tech geeks) to think [...]
What lawyers do
My Slaw post for today: “What _____ do” seems to be the latest meme. As a break from the serious issues surrounding things like the lawful access bill, here are some that might resonate with Slaw readers.
Lawful Access bill – a very bad idea
The Canadian federal government is re-introducing a “lawful access” bill that will give police the ability to get certain information about us from our Internet Service Providers without a warrant. It will also require anyone who offers telecommunications services to build in a backdoor to give police access for wiretap purposes. This bill is an [...]
Canada’s Worst charity website contest – get a makeover
London web developer rTraction (they did the new Harrison Pensa website) has just launched a contest that will result in a new website for a charity created for free by rTraction. Anyone can nominate a charity with a bad website. 10 finalists will be chosen based on criteria ranging from copyrighting to broken links to using comic sans fonts. [...]
The quest for a new law firm website
That’s the title of my Slaw post for today that says: As Connie mentioned, our firm launched a new website last week. In this post, I’ll share a few thoughts about the process of creating a new law firm website. Lawyers tend to be a conservative lot, tend to set a low priority on things [...]
New game for social media in Olympics
For the London Free Press – February 6, 2012 – Read this on Canoe LONDON SUMMER OLYMPICS: New restrictions being implemented, but how the policies are enforced raises many unanswered questions The 70,000 volunteers for the 2012 London Summer Olympics will have to think twice about what they upload to Facebook, tweet or blog. They [...]
Privacy Commissioner explains problems with proposed lawful access law
That’s the title of my Slaw post for today. It reads as follows. With Parliament back in session, we are seeing more attention on the proposed “lawful access” legislation. There is good reason for that. Many of us believe the proposed legislation is an affront to privacy, and gives law enforcement overly intrusive rights without [...]
Happy Data Privacy Day
For more details see the Privacy Commissioner’s website.
Privacy – 1 step forward, 1 step back
That’s the title of my Slaw post for today. It reads as follows. Getting the privacy balance right is not easy, from both theoretical and practical perspectives. As examples, here are some recent developments that go both ways. Pro Privacy Proposed Bill C-12 amendments to PIPEDA that would mandate privacy breach notification in certain circumstances. [...]
« go back — keep looking »
Categories
Blogroll
Ads and partners
