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…
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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…
TO REQUIRE CONSENT OR TO NOT REQUIRE CONSENT? THAT WAS (AND COULD STILL BE) THE QUESTION
On September 23, 2019 the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (“OPC”) concluded their consultation on transfers of personal information for processing purposes.[1] The consultation sought stakeholder feedback on…
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…
Personal Privacy in a Digital Age: Examining Current Intellectual Property & Privacy Obligations
Canadians have privacy rights associated with their personal information. This even applies when one’s personal information is held by someone else – like with hospital medical records. Patient ownership of…
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…