JURIST

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Canada, a charitable religious corporation representing Jehovah’s Witnesses across Canada, alleges the application of BC’s privacy legislation, PIPA , violates their constitutional right to religious freedom under sections 2 and 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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APRIL 6, 2023

Canada's privacy regulator is making policing "fast-moving technologies" such as artificial intelligence-powered chatbot ChatGPT a top priority, although Parliament taking the long-awaited step of giving the agency new fining and rulemaking authority would help it do even more, its chief recently told Law360.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The Attorney General’s Office seeks to understand how the facial network will affect citizens’ rights to privacy and liberty. As such, the letter requests information regarding Clearview AI use at the Vermont-Canada border and in the state. ” Clearview AI’s data collection methods come under scrutiny before.

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JURIST

AUGUST 11, 2024

Canada Ontario Court of Appeals held in R v. This power, when extended to individuals’ electronic devices, can give rise to a serious concern about their privacy and right to be secure against unreasonable search and seizure. Pike on Friday that random electronic searches at Canadian borders are unconstitutional.

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JURIST

APRIL 4, 2023

.” In recent months, many governments around the world have become concerned about TikTok’s security and data privacy issues. Last month, the US Congress held a hearing in which TikTok’s CEO Shou Chew testified regarding consumer privacy and data concerns. The post TikTok fined £12.7M

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s mandate letters to his cabinet fell under an exemption of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) on Friday.

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JURIST

MARCH 23, 2024

Kenya also demanded TikTok provide details on the effectiveness of age verification and content filtering, and implement additional specific Kenya privacy policies as a data controller and/or data processor. Early in 2023, Canada banned TikTok on government-issued mobile devices.

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JANUARY 11, 2024

While Canada eviscerates the right to free speech and association , some are apparently holding firm on the privacy rights of accused felons to w arn homeowners not to post videos of thefts. The question is whether this is about the privacy interests of the thieves or the political interests of the police. Oh Canada.

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Law 360

AUGUST 28, 2024

The Federal Communications Commission said Wednesday it has inked an agreement with Canada's privacy regulator to share information and cooperate on enforcement actions to protect consumers' data.

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MAY 18, 2023

In signing the law, Gianforte said: The Chinese Communist Party using TikTok to spy on Americans, violate their privacy, and collect their personal, private, and sensitive information is well-documented. Other countries have banned the app from government-issued devices, including countries such as Australia and Canada , as well as the EU.

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JURIST

MARCH 15, 2024

On March 13, the US House of Representatives passed a bill that would force TikTok and its Chinese-owned parent company, ByteDance, to cease its Chinese-based operations following concerns over privacy protections for user data. In Canada, TikTok is already banned on government phones.

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Mondaq

JUNE 2, 2022

Robust privacy protections are critical to building the trust necessary for the digital economy to grow and prosper — but the gap in Canada's privacy legislation.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2022

As privacy law reform legislation multiplies in Canada, each pursuing its own direction, around the world privacy law reform is also splintering through varied legislative developments.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) and Privacy Commissioner Angelene Falk found that Clearview AI breached Australia’s privacy laws through the covert collection of biometric information form the internet and then incorporating it into a facial recognition tool.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The IMF paper details the experiences of the six central banks at the frontier of CBDCs: Central Bank of The Bahamas , People’s Bank of China , Eastern Caribbean Central Bank , Banco Central del Uruguay , Sveriges Riksbank and Bank of Canada.

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Mondaq

MAY 23, 2022

Earlier this month, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada ("OPC") released a summary of its key recommendations for a new federal private sector privacy law (the "Key Recommendations").

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Mondaq

JULY 14, 2022

The CPPA answers to the need to modernize Canada's privacy legislation framework.

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JURIST

AUGUST 20, 2022

.” The process to appoint a Supreme Court Justice in Canada begins with a six-week application process. The committees will also hear from the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and the IAB Chairperson on the selection process and the reasons for a specific nomination. president’s) nomination.

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Mondaq

JULY 13, 2022

Regulation of data privacy may be changing in Canada, with the proposed creation of a new enforcement body with the power to impose very significant fines.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2021

In July 2020, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (the "OPC"), along with its international counterparts, sent a letter to five of the largest video teleconferencing companies ("VTCs").

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Mondaq

JUNE 24, 2022

Last week, the federal government introduced two pieces of legislation proposing major privacy, cybersecurity and data governance reforms.

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JURIST

AUGUST 15, 2021

For privacy and security reasons we are withholding his name. Most of the legal programs were funded by the US and Canada, and in some projects by Germany through GIZ. JURIST EXCLUSIVE – The author is a law student in Kabul who also works in a local law office; he wrote this for JURIST late Sunday AFT. Today Kabul was taken.

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Mondaq

JULY 5, 2022

In an effort to engage with customers on a deeper level, companies are increasingly investing time and resources into developing and improving their mobile applications.

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JUNE 10, 2021

While that has not happened in the United States, it has now happened in Canada. ” Judges should, the guidelines say, inform themselves about the use of security and privacy settings on social media. “Fairness issues may need to be considered by the judge should this happen.”

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Mondaq

MAY 23, 2022

The Court of Appeal confirmed the Superior Court's landmark judgment dealing with the loss of personal information in Lamoureux c. 1 The class action filed by the plaintiff.

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Mondaq

MAY 23, 2022

s privacy legislation has typically meant that employers have avoided or limited the collection of demographic data from applicants and employees.

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Attorney at Work

APRIL 30, 2021

to Canada to specifically help convert internet browsers into right-fit clients for lawyers in family law, and has been used by both small boutique firms and family law groups within larger full-service national firms. For example, Clio Grow has been developed as a separate product to focus on intake and sales.

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The Crime Report

MAY 31, 2022

Do internet “stings” aimed at identifying child traffickers or possible terrorists threaten the balance between combating crime and protecting privacy? ” A slate of upcoming cases in Canada offers an opportunity to fine-tune the legal doctrine under which entrapment in the “virtual space” was permissible.

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JURIST

APRIL 15, 2023

This, the legislators argue, violates Montana’s right to privacy. Whereas, Australia , Canada , Denmark , the EU , France , the Netherlands , New Zealand , and Norway only prohibit the app on government-issued devices. ” The proposed ban targets companies that facilitate the use of Tiktok within the state.

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Mondaq

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

In this case, the Plaintiff and Defendant, were in a long-term relationship riddled with sexual and physical abuse.

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JURIST

APRIL 4, 2023

Several governments have recently imposed internal bans on TikTok, including the United States , Canada , Wisconsin and North Carolina , and the European Commission. The post Australia bans TikTok on Government devices appeared first on JURIST - News.

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Mondaq

OCTOBER 14, 2021

In August, Canada's Advisory Committee on Open Banking (the "Committee") released its final report (the "Final Report"), which provides the Committee's recommendations for how Canada should implement.

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JUNE 24, 2022

If passed, the Bill would significantly reform federal private-sector privacy law. On June 16, 2022, the federal government introduced Bill C-27, the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022 (Bill C-27 or Bill).

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Mondaq

DECEMBER 4, 2021

On September 22, 2021, Bill 64, An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information (the "Privacy Modernization Act" or the "Amended Act") received royal assent.

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Mondaq

AUGUST 1, 2022

In this case, the last of the four privacy torts described in the Restatement of Torts (Second) was recognized in Ontario: publicity which places the plaintiff in a false light in the public eye.

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Mondaq

JUNE 23, 2022

Nearly 40 years after its decision in Krouse v Chrysler, the Court of Appeal for Ontario released a landmark decision recognizing a second privacy tort.

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Mondaq

JUNE 10, 2022

In today's digital age, there is increasing concern about individual privacy. Companies and organizations collect an immense amount of personal data, which increases.

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