Roxane Fortin Lecompte, Étudiante au cours de DRT-6929E Entre le 1er mai 2015 et le 31 mars 2016, 100 agents du service de police de Toronto ont mis à l’essai le port de caméras sur leur uniforme dans le cadre d’un projet pilote ayant coûté 500 000$. L’évaluation du projet se terminera le 30 juin et le service […] Read more
I am delighted to be participating at the Canadian Privacy Summit 2016 taking place in Vancouver on April 13 and 14. This two-day summit is designed for top experts and key stakeholders in the Canadian and privacy communities, and across diverse sectors in Canada, to assess the latest developments and tackle the tough privacy issues […] Read more
IAPP Global Privacy Summit is taking place this week in Washington, and the Conference is on April 5th and 6th. I will be presenting on the topic of “Consent is Overrated” on April 6th. Many businesses have recently received bad press because of so-called “privacy lurches” resulting from their new targeted advertising program, online business […] Read more
Auteure: Roxane Fortin Lecompte, Étudiante au cours de DRT-6929E Les actes de violence récents par une étudiante de 14 ans contre des employés et élèves de l’école secondaire Dunbarton à Pickering, Ontario porte sérieusement à réfléchir sur les solutions à mettre en place afin diminuer les attentats et actes de violence dans les écoles du pays puisque […] Read more
Auteur: Guilhem Issartel, Étudiant au cours de DRT6929E En France, le droit pénal est codifié dans le Code pénal, qui date originellement de 1810. Depuis, en 1994, une nouvelle version de ce code est entrée en vigueur, introduisant de nombreuses nouveautés, dont par exemple la responsabilité pénale des personnes morales, et alourdissant les peines prévues pour la […] Read more
In a study released today entitled “How Free is “Free”? Setting limits on the collection of personal information for online behavioural advertising“, Option consommateurs, a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to promote and defend the rights of consumers, discusses how companies that offer free online services such as Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Yahoo– may infringe on the privacy of […] Read more
Auteur: Guerlain Casimir, Étudiant au cours de DRT6929E Le 10 mars 2016, la Cour Suprême du Canada a annoncé qu’elle entendra l’appel d’une décision de la Cour d’Appel de la Colombie-Britannique dans une procédure intentée contre Facebook Inc. (Facebook), par madame Deborah Douez. En effet, la Cour d’Appel de la Colombie-Britannique a décidé à l’unanimité, que la clause […] Read more
I will be participating at the “In 2 Words” event organized by the Chaire L.R. Wilson on March 15, 2016 at the University of Montreal. On the first panel, Yann Joly (McGill) will present on “Transhumanism and governance: A possible connection between genetic engineering and cybernetics”, Ian Kerr (U of Ottawa) on “Robots and their Human Counterparts: How AI and Robotics Could Change […] Read more
I was recently interviewed by regional cloud provider cloud.ca on jurisdiction issues and the cloud. I explained how regions matter, not only to governments but to any organization with strict compliance requirements or risk management practices. cloud.ca published the interview as a white paper entitled: “Even in the Cloud, Jurisdiction Matters” which summarizes our discussion. […] Read more
A few years ago, Apple began making iPhones with additional encryption software that they could not unlock, all in the name of consumer privacy and cybersecurity. A U.S. federal magistrate has recently ordered Apple to help the FBI unlock the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters. The judge has ordered Apple to make it easier for […] Read more