Question of the Week (Class 6): Do you believe Facebook?
On February 20, 2019 Harvard Law Professor Jonathan Zittrain and Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg had a long and very interesting conversation on the subject of Facebook’s roles, responsibilities, and legal obligations. The video is below. You can easily find a fair number of articles about the event as well. Facebook’s deeds and misdeeds have certainly […]
GDPR Presentation
Hi all, Below is the video which we would like you to watch in advance of our group presentation tomorrow. We feel that it gives a good introduction into our presentation topic, the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union. Please click “Read more” to view the video. See you tomorrow, Eloise Ryan, David […]
News of the Week; February 20, 2019
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Canada’s telecom industry uses misleading and unacceptable sales practices, CRTC report confirms: CRTC report says aggressive practices harm vulnerable consumers, such as seniors, and exist across all sales channels FTC Opts Out of Updating Anti-Spam Rule Ajit Pai orders phone companies to adopt new anti-robocall tech in 2019 Ajit Pai […]
News of the Week; February 13, 2019
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Flawed Arguments and Inappropriate Analogies: Why Netflix Taxes and Cancon Requirements Should be Rejected (Michael Geist) Blacklock’s, Spam, CRTC, and ATIP CRTC on OpenMedia’s Site Blocking Campaign: “Contributed to a Better Understanding of the Issues” (Michael Geist) Selling 911 location data is illegal – US carriers reportedly did it anyway: […]
News of the Week; February 6, 2019
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Canada’s Bell Tried To Have VPNs Banned During NAFTA Negotiations The Real Over-the-Top: CBC President Likens Netflix to Cultural Imperialism Such As the British in India or French in Africa (Michael Geist) Hidden in Plain Sight?: The Search For Canadian Content on Netflix (Michael Geist) Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop Gets With […]
Tinder, Dating Apps, and Privacy Policy – Discussion Outline
Tinder, Dating Apps, and Privacy Policy (Brendon Easton, Cayleigh Handford, Sarah Manschreck, and Margaux Ripert) Discussion Outline 1. Foundations a. What is personal data? b. Why do we want to keep it private? c. Risks d. Issues: Grindr HIV scandal, Ashley Madison case, Guardian article on Tinder 2. Overview of Privacy Legislation in Canada a. […]
Importance of the European Union GDPR
In May 2018, the European General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) came into force, which accelerated the European Union into a new era of having the world’s strongest data protection laws. The European Data Protection legislation was the basis of the famous Google v Costeja González (C-131/12 (2014)) case, in which it was ruled that […]
Questions of the Week (Class 5): For The Honourable Marshall Rothstein C.C., Q.C.
At our guest’s request I put together some questions which we reviewed over the weekend and which will guide at least parts of Justice Rothstein’s remarks and our interactions. May be helpful to post them as they may spur further thoughts: “Questions that the Honourable Mr. Justice Marshall Rothstein, Q.C. might want to consider […]
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