Working Remotely during COVID-19 and its Privacy Risks

Bracing for Impact - Cyber Challenges to Human Rights

Phishing 101: What is Phishing?

Managing the Risks of Cybersecurity Breaches

Big Data, Privacy and the GDPR

When I attended the Institute for the Future of Law Practice boot camp in May 2018 in Chicago, Professor Matthew Kugler from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law gave a lecture on cybersecurity, explaining how big data companies are turning humans into business products. In this information age, we are creating a breadcrumb trail of information about who we […]

Hacking the Sacrosanct Lawyer-Client Privilege

We have swiftly transitioned into a digital age and it seems as if information could be the new weapon of mass destruction. Cybercriminals have long realised just how valuable information can be and have been launching missiles at an unprecedented rate, resulting in copious causalities of information security breaches. Earlier this year, CNN reported that […]

Can Legislation Restrain the Looming ‘Beast’ of Artificial Intelligence?

Amidst the unprecedented number of cyber-attacks in recent years, we have quickly transitioned into an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Era in which Intel predicts more than 200 billion Internet enabled devices by 2020. The use of Big Data to fuel AI development has brought about groundbreaking innovations that will impact virtually every aspect of human lives. […]

Privacy by Default: A Privacy and Cyber-security imperative in the IoT and Big-Data Age

The rapid growth of big data technologies and Internet of Things (IoT) devices mandates the modernization of the Canadian privacy legislation, which establishes protection from both private companies and government agencies. The necessity of the upcoming reforms to the Canadian Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and the Privacy Act was illustrated during […]

Algorithmic Accountability: Prof. Frank Pasquale’s Thoughts on Artificial Intelligence in the Law

Algorithms are everywhere. Applied to systems like personal assistants, financial exchanges, and self-driving cars, computers now permeate almost every aspect of modern life. But how far should this algorithmic revolution extend into the law? Should contracts, judgement, and litigation strategies follow suit? These questions are at the forefront of  Professor Frank Pasquale’s research and were the […]

The Partnership on AI: A Modern Manhattan Project?

On June 29, Sam Harris delivered a TED Talk in which he posed the question: “can we build artificial intelligence without losing control of it?” He proposed the founding of “something like a Manhattan project on the topic of artificial intelligence” to answer his question. On September 28, leading Silicon Valley AI developers entered into a “Partnership […]