For the London Free Press – January 23, 2012 – Read this on Canoe The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) recently tabled its Annual Report on the Privacy Act. The airport scanner issue receiving much of the press, however there are a number of other noteworthy items in the report. The Privacy [...]
For the London Free Press – January 9, 2012 – Read this on Canoe Here are some tech developments to look out for in 2012. The proposed amendments to Pipeda, the Canadian federal-privacy legislation, will be passed. Several of the amendments are long overdue, and will give some practical relief to business, without any compromise [...]
For the London Free Press – December 12, 2011 – Read this on Canoe If you are looking for a gift to buy someone who seems to have or want the latest tech products, here are some suggestions. If they have an iPhone or iPad, get a gift card to the Apple app store. The [...]
For the London Free Press – November 28, 2011 – Read this on Canoe Social media blurs the lines between the personal and work life of employees, and employers are faced with the difficult task of regulating its use in and out of the workplace. Social media can be beneficial for a business. It can [...]
For the London Free Press – November 7, 2011 – Read this on Canoe The Canadian government recently introduced Bill C-12 (the Safeguarding Canadians’ Personal Information Act) that contains amendments to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). The PIPEDA privacy legislation charted new territory when it was enacted a few years ago. [...]
For the London Free Press – October 24, 2011 – Read this on Canoe Are Browse-wrap agreements binding? Most web sites contain a link at the bottom of the page to “terms of use”. But are they binding on those who use the website? A recent Canadian case says they are. Despite the prevalence of [...]
For the London Free Press – October 3, 2011 Read this on Canoe ONLINE: ONTARIO SUPERIOR COURT DECISION DOES NOT MEAN YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT WITH IMPUNITY The Ontario Superior Court recently decided that a blog comment must pass a higher threshold before it’s considered defamatory than statements made in other places. Defamation [...]
For the London Free Press – September 19, 2011 – Read this on Canoe Whether a domain name (such as www.harrisonpensa.com) is property that one owns — or just “a bundle of rights” — has been the subject of legal debate. The Ontario Court of Appeal recently said it is property. The domain-name-as-property position makes [...]
For the London Free Press – August 22, 2011 – Read this on Canoe The increasing use of e-signatures raises several questions about their suitability for legal documents Adobe recently announced the acquisition of EchoSign, a web-based provider of electronic signatures and signature automation. If ink was used to finalize the deal, it had not [...]
For the London Free Press – August 8, 2011 – Read this on Canoe The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) recently approved a new program for registering generic top-level domain names (gTLDs). The door has opened to allow for almost anything. The current most commonly recognized TLD is .com, followed by .org. [...]