For the London Free Press – August 30, 2010 Read this on Canoe The open data movement – the concept that certain data should be made available to everyone to use without restriction- is growing steadily in popularity. An example of open data use is the eatsure.ca London restaurant inspection score site using data from [...]
For the London Free Press – August 23, 2010 Read this on Canoe Best Buy employee nearly fired for online video poking fun at iPhone consumers The amusing (though sprinkled with colourful language) iPhone 4 vs. HTC EVO video on YouTube almost cost the creator — a Best Buy employee — his job. The video [...]
For the London Free Press – August 16, 2010 Read this on Canoe [UPDATE: Also take a look at this related Techdirt post entitled The Insanity Of Music Licensing: In One Single Graphic ] Radio royalties are complex. On July 9, 2010, the Copyright Board of Canada issued its long-awaited Commercial Radio tariff and reasons. [...]
For the London Free Press – August 9, 2010 Read this on Canoe Case involves actions undertaken by insurer State Farm on behalf of a client The Federal Court of Canada recently released an important decision on the parameters of “commercial activity” under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA): State Farm v [...]
For the London Free Press – July 26, 2010 Read this on Canoe Customers and regulators take a dim view of companies that don’t safeguard private information Twitter recently agreed to settle the Federal Trade Commission’s charges that it deceived consumers and put their information at risk through inappropriate and inadequate privacy measures. The charges [...]
For the London Free Press – July 12, 2010 Read this on Canoe So-called ‘cloud computing’ can be valuable — but it can also come with risks Cloud computing – essentially providing computer services over the Internet – is a growing trend. Ontario’s privacy commissioner recently released a report dealing with privacy issues that arise [...]
For the London Free Press – July 5, 2010 Read this on Canoe Canadian lawyers are suing for $50 million, claiming the company is making legal documents available for a fee without the authors’ approval A class action was filed on May 25 against Thomson Reuters Corp. and Thomson Reuters Canada Ltd. on behalf of [...]
For the London Free Press – June 28, 2010 Read this on Canoe PERSONAL INFORMATION: The language pertaining to ‘lawful authority’ and breach notification is open to interpretation Bill C-29 was recently introduced to amend the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act. The bill is an attempt to address a number of shortcomings in [...]
For the London Free Press – June 21, 2010 Read this on Canoe Many people are not concerned about their privacy on Facebook – but they should be. Facebook’s recent changes are a good lesson in how not to make changes that affect or control privacy.On April 21, 2010, at a Facebook developers’ conference called [...]
For the London Free Press – June 14, 2010 Read this on Canoe A UK court ruled it would be unfair to enforce a limitation of liability clause where the buyer relied on the company’s advice Commercial software purchases can be major investments. If problems arise or the buyer ultimately finds the software is not [...]