It was reported today that Twitter shut down a site that saved politicians’ deleted tweets. I also recently came across an interesting article entitled Your old emails are fair game for federal eyes. The article discusses the fact that in the U.S., under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, feds would be entitled to access 180-day old emails, texts and […] Read more
An article was published yesterday which pertains to Netflix testing ads surrounding its shows. An update was then posted beside the title of the article to specify: “only its own” to refer to the fact that Netflix would be testing ads to promote its own products and not enabling third party ads. This brings forward the issue […] Read more
Two privacy books have recently been released: Law, Privacy and Surveillance in Canada in the Post-Snowden Era This book was authored by Michael Geist. From the effectiveness of accountability and oversight programs to the legal issues raised by metadata collection to the privacy challenges surrounding new technologies, this book explores current issues torn from the headlines with […] Read more
Auteure: Sixtine Balot, Étudiante au cours de DRT6929E Depuis plusieurs années, une nouvelle invention technologique suscite un vif intérêt au cœur de la communauté technophile. Suite à cet engouement croissant qui circule autour des drones, ce travail a pour ambition de déterminer les enjeux juridiques inhérents à cette nouvelle technologie et de ce fait mettre […] Read more
In the recent case of L.D. c. J.V., Superior Court judge Lukasz Granosik awarded damages to a plaintiff after the defendant recorded their sexual activities without her knowledge and consent, in a situation in which there was limited broadcasting of the recording. The plaintiff knew that the defendant had in his possession certain videotapes of his […] Read more
Author: Jillian Friedman, lawyer and student DRT6929E Some big news came out of Twitter late Friday night. The social media behemoth announced it will be cutting off “fire hose” access to its data and will no longer licence its stream of half a billion daily tweets to third party data resellers. Here on out Twitter […] Read more
Author: Jillian Friedman, lawyer and student DRT6929E Worry that the state is abusing its powers through surveillance of its citizens has been a ubiquitous and powerful theme in contemporary political discourse. Most recently it manifests around the Harper government’s Anti Terrorism Law Bill C-51 that would grant additional surveillance powers to the government over Canadian […] Read more
Auteure: Chloé Cremisi, Étudiante au cours de DRT6929E Facebook continue à être dans la tourmente en Europe… Un mois après Paris, où la justice française s’est déclarée compétente dans un conflit l’opposant à un internaute, Facebook se trouve à nouveau convoqué au tribunal civil de Vienne suite à un recours collectif déposé jeudi 09 avril. […] Read more
Auteure: Isabel Poirier Étudiante au cours de DRT6929E Le 3 avril dernier, la Procureure générale de la Californie, Kamala D. Harris, publiait un communiqué de presse annonçant la sentence de 18 ans de prison pour Kevin Bollaert, un opérateur de sites Web ayant fait l’objet de poursuite criminelle en matière de revenge porn. Les 3 […] Read more
Author: Jillian Friedman, lawyer and student DRT6929E It’s become a unique, if not quirky gift. A do-it-yourself at home genetic testing kit that allows you to “get to know you”, your health and your ancestry. Several businesses currently offer the service – a personalized test kit providing information and tools for individuals to learn about and explore […] Read more