Our myriad of online accounts for social media and other cloud services will all persist after our deaths. Until recently, not much thought was given to managing these digital assets after we pass.

Posted in Cloud Services, Internet, IP, Ownership, Privacy, Social Media
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With markets in real property, personal property, and intellectual property quite cornered, the future-savvy lawyer might consider their cutting-edge cousin, if France’s data-mining tax proposal has its way: what could be termed existential property*, courtesy of Google, Facebook, Amazon, and the like. Or rather, courtesy of their users, whose digitally collected personal data may be wholesale [...]

Posted in Competition Law, European Union, Internet, Privacy, Regulatory Policy, Social Media
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‘Twas the season for video games. And what better way to top up the coolest gift you gave over the holidays than with an accompanying list of privacy warnings for your loved one?

Posted in Canada, Cloud Services, Commercialization, Electronic Databases, Gaming, IP, Privacy, Social Media, Technology
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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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