In recent years, the threat of cyber crime has become a staple of the news cycle. While most reports focus on threats to unwitting consumers, a recent New York Times article looked at the predicament facing publicly traded companies.

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An Austrian student studying law in Silicon Valley has raised serious flags about Facebook’s lack of adherence to privacy law and disclosure regulation.

Posted in Canada, Electronic Databases, European Union, Human Rights Issues, Identity Theft, Internet, IP, IP Reform, Jurisdiction, Privacy, Regulatory Policy, Reputation Management, Social Media, Technology, UK, UK
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In Manish Patel v Unite, [2012] EWHC 92 (QB), a pilot, who claims he was defamed and harassed by postings on the British Airline Steward and Stewardesses Association (BASSA) forum, applies to the court for an order to allow an independent expert to copy and examine the forum database in order to identify who posted [...]

Posted in defamation, Development, Electronic Databases, Internet, IP Litigation Practice, Privacy, Reputation Management, UK
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Jennifer O’Dell is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall and Denise Brunsdon is a social media writer and researcher. Only one post remains on the Ridiculous Pictures of Celine Dion Tumblr and it is tellingly tagged “RIP” and “the dion effect.” Dion’s lawyers sent Nick Angiolillo, the New York blogger who runs the satirical Tumblr site [...]

Posted in Blogs, Freedom of the Press, Human Rights, Image, Parody, Reputation Management, Satire
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