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« Accordingly, we swipe left, and reverse » Tinder coupable de discrimination à l’encontre des consommateurs californiens
Auteur: Charles Cuvelier, étudiant au cours DRT-6929E-A Dans une décision du 29 janvier 2018, la Cour d’appel de Californie a considéré, à l’unanimité, que les pratiques tarifaires de Tinder, basée sur l’âge des consommateurs étaient discriminatoires. Lancée en 2015, la fameuse application de rencontre Tinder, comme de nombreux autres services en ligne, propose un service de […] Read more
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OPC Report Asserts PIPEDA Protections are Similar to EU “Right to be Forgotten”
Éloïse Gratton February 1, 2018
On January 26, 2018, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (“OPC”) published its Draft Position on Online Reputation in conjunction with a Notice of Consultation and Call for Comments on this position. This Draft Position follows a 2016 consultation and call for essays on this subject. In this Draft Position, the OPC proposes […] Read more
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OPC Publishes Draft Position on Online Reputation
Éloïse Gratton January 28, 2018
Last Friday, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) published its Draft Position on Online Reputation. In this Draft Position, the OPC articulated the view that the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”) already include a de-indexing right – allowing individuals to request that search engines de-index results with respect to their […] Read more
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Diffusion d’images intimes par un ex-conjoint et dédommagement de la victime
Auteure: Claire Farnoux, étudiante au cours DRT-6929E-A Depuis le mois de décembre 2014, le code criminel canadien prévoit une infraction de publication non consensuelle d’une image intime, en son article 162.1(1) visant « Quiconque sciemment publie, distribue, transmet, vend ou rend accessible une image intime d’une personne, ou en fait la publicité, sachant que cette personne n’y […] Read more
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VTech Data Breach Enforcement Actions – Guidance for Data Security and Privacy Law Compliance
Éloïse Gratton January 12, 2018
The January 2018 OPC finding and settlement of VTech data breach enforcement actions by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and the United States Federal Trade Commission provide important guidance for data security and compliance with personal information protection laws. Most importantly, organizations should establish a comprehensive information security management framework. Read more
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LCO Public consultations: Defamation Law in the Internet Age
Éloïse Gratton January 10, 2018
The Law Commission of Ontario (LCO) which is Ontario’s leading law reform agency has started public consultations in relation to its Defamation Law in the Internet Age project. It is therefore seeking input from technology lawyers. Their project considers how defamation law should be updated to account for “internet speech,” including social media, blogs, internet platforms and digital […] Read more
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New Committee Report on CASL Highlights Need for Clarification and Education
Éloïse Gratton December 19, 2017
Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (also known as “CASL”) came into force in July 2014 and provided that a review of its provisions and operation had to be undertaken three years after it came into force. The House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology (“INDU”) undertook this review and held hearings this fall. On […] Read more
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DRT-6929E-A : Cours de droit des TI et protection des renseignements personnels (hiver 2018)
Éloïse Gratton December 18, 2017
J’enseignerai, pour une sixième année consécutive, le cours DRT-6929E-A, un cours portant sur le droit des TI et de la protection des renseignements personnels à la Faculté de droit de l’Université de Montréal. Le cours est offert aux étudiants à la maîtrise et se déroule tous les mercredis de 16h à 19h, du 10 janvier […] Read more
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SCC Recognizes Expectation of Privacy in Text Message Conversations
Éloïse Gratton December 13, 2017
In the recent seminal decision R. v. Marakah, 2017 SCC 59, the Supreme Court of Canada (the “SCC”) established that Canadians have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the text messages they send, even after they have been received by the recipient. The majority opinion, which led 5-2 but with heavy dissent, recognized the privacy implications […] Read more
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CASL Enforcement Decision — Interpretive Guidance for Compliance and Penalties
Éloïse Gratton November 22, 2017
On October 19, 2017, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission issued Compliance and Enforcement Decision CRTC 2017-368 in a contested enforcement proceeding, imposing a $200,000 penalty on Compu.Finder for violating Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (commonly known as “CASL”) by sending 317 commercial emails without the recipients’ consent and in some instances without a compliant unsubscribe mechanism. […] Read more
