For last month’s National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the Government of Canada, in partnership with security organizations, launched a campaign to create awareness and inform the public on the importance of…
Category: Data governance
Who owns my privacy and why I don’t want people to know where I drive
To me, “big data” has become synonymous with Big Brother, the central political figure behind data collection and monitoring in George Orwell’s “1984.” Big Data plays a similar role in…
Combination of patent law, copyright can protect AI innovation, panel suggests
This article was originally posted on thelawyersdaily.ca How courts deal with the concept of authorship is an area to watch as artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more creative and humanlike, noted…
ICYMI: Highlights from Part 2 of IP Osgoode's Bracing for Impact AI Conference Series
On March 21, 2019, we had the pleasure of attending IP Ogsoode’s Bracing for Impact conference series held at the Toronto Reference Library. This year’s conference theme was data governance,…
Tech, Tykes and Teens (or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love GAFA)
As the 2020 Presidential Primary begins to gather steam south of the border, US Senator Elizabeth Warren’s plan to break up big tech (Google, Amazon, and Facebook – she followed…
The Dark Side of Wearable Technology
In an earlier post, I discussed how wearables are becoming prominent in modern life, with Toronto being a notable hotspot for technology development and related interest. From a legal perspective,…