M. Imtiaz Karamat is an IP Osgoode Alumnus and Associate Lawyer at Deeth Williams Wall LLP. This article was originally posted on E-TIPS™ For Deeth Williams Wall LLP on November…
Category: Data governance
EU Penalizes Amazon $887 million for GDPR Infringement
Tiffany Wang is an IPilogue Writer, IP Innovation Clinic Fellow, and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. In July, the European Union delivered an unprecedented fine…
Feds promise to create data commissioner, more funding for IP as part of fiscal plan
This article was originally published by The Lawyer’s Daily (www.thelawyersdaily.ca), part of LexisNexis Canada Inc, on May 3, 2021. Although the Trudeau government focused much of its attention in the…
THE ONGOING SAGA: FACEBOOK HEMORRHAGING ITS USERS PRIVACY
Yet again, another regulator, the Competition Bureau of Canada (the Bureau), has unmasked Facebook for incessant acts of breaching its user’s information privacy. On May 19, 2020, the Competition Commission…
Contact-Tracing Apps in a Post-Lockdown World: Tech Giants Attempt to Address Privacy Concerns in New Proposal
As countries roll out their plans to ease physical distancing measures, a safe return to ‘normal’ life where individuals previously occupied crowded spaces appears to need a bit of help…
Facial Recognition Technology and the Retail Sector: Opportunity or Liability?
Facial recognition technology has recently come under greater scrutiny. In February 2020, the RCMP admitted to using Clearview AI technology, prompting the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) to launch…