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Monetizing the Celebrity in Your Personality
Everyone has a personality, and in this day in age, with the advent of the Internet and modern technologies like Youtube, Facebook and smart phones, those capable of attracting commercial value...
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EU Raises Concerns on Apps and Data Privacy
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission isn’t the only regulatory authority to raise concerns over consumer privacy and data security with respect to mobile technologies. Less than a month ago, Article 29...
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Data Security, Privacy and Mobile Payment Systems: FTC Report Raises Concerns...
The Federal Trade Commission recently issued its report on privacy and data security issues pertaining Mobile Payments. The Report underscores key consumer and privacy issues resulting from the...
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Cyberattacks in the Financial Sector on the Rise
Major financial institutions are increasingly disclosing cyber attacks, as well as potential vulnerability to cyber threats, in their annual reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange...
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Consumers Need Mandatory Breach Notification Provisions for their Protection
What is a mandatory breach notification provision? Mandatory breach notification provisions simply means that an organization is required to disclose to the public the advent of an unwanted...
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Consumer Privacy and Text Messaging: the Supreme Court of Canada Sides with...
In recent years, with the rapidly evolving communication technologies such as short messaging services (SMS) found on smart phones, and with very little or no clear guidance from a higher Courts as to...
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New Data Protection Regulation in Peru
On March 22, 2013, Peru issued the implementing regulations of its new data protection law. The Reglamento de la Ley No 29733, Ley de Protección de Datos Personales (“Regulations”) provide detailed...
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International Data Privacy and Cloud Computing: Germany Joins the “March”
On March 8, 2013, the German government published a response to a formal inquiry from one of the German Parliament’s parties on the international security, data protection and surveillance implications...
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Data Protection and Work Place Privacy: UK Offers New Guidance on “Bring Your...
On March 7, 2013, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) published guidance on Bring Your Own Device (“BYOD”) to explain to data controllers “what they need to consider when permitting the...
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Effective .Com Disclosures in Digital Advertising
In a world without walls, recent advancements in web and mobile technology allow consumers, entrepreneurs and advertisers to connect anywhere at anytime. With minimal to no friction in e-commerce...
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Getting Back on Track with the Debate on Big Data and the Legal Right to...
With the mass amounts of information, perspectives and opinions being published online, the debate on the right to privacy (to be more specific, the informational component of the right to privacy), as...
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The Tort of Invasion of Privacy in Canada
Jeremy Bentham used to refer to the common law as the “dog law”. As he explains it, “whenever your dog does anything you want to break him of, you wait till he does it, and then beat him for it. This...
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Lightening the Mood with a Slice of Humor: for the Readers
A Siberian tiger by the name of Frank, a well known diplomat in the historical halls of the Moscow Kremlin, was sued by a snow leopard by the name of Ms. LeSieur, a well known Chinese banker from...
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“Terms of Use”, Sound Familiar? Finally Some Consumer Protection from the Courts
The words “terms of use” are too common among online consumers. Yet, most consumers shy away from the often lengthy, largely incomprehensible, time consuming online contracts, and simply check the “I...
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By Popular Demand: Another Slice of Humor for the Readers
Existentialism is something that philosophers have debated for centuries. As early as 430 BC, Socrates affirmed that “to be is to do”. In his famous play Hamlet, Shakespeare astutely posed the...
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New Data Protection Law Soon to Be Implemented in Columbia
On April 5, 2013, during the Centre for Information Policy Leadership’s First Friday call, Centre President Marty Abrams nterviewed José Alejandro Bermúdez Durana, Deputy Superintendent for Data...
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A Globalized Data Privacy World: China Joins the March on Protecting Personal...
China unquestionably has many great wonders to speak of. Even in the 21st century, the nation never ceases to impress the world as it continues to adapt rapidly to a globalized world. For readers...
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EU Sending its Message Through Google: Compliant Privacy Policies Are Vital
Oil, and Data If data is considered the new oil of the 21st century (and it is), then the Internet is the new global pipeline of the global information economy, which all companies are either trying to...
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IMDB Wins Lawsuit Brought Against Actress for Publication of Age
Actress Junie Hoang was upset that IMDb published her real age (she was born in 1971). She sued IMDb claiming it breached its Subscriber Agreement (particularly its privacy policy) by using information...
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Foreigners: Are You Considered a Threat to Canadian National Security?
Are You Considered a Threat to Canadian National Security? How do courts define espionage or subversion under Canadian immigration law? According to the Federal Court of Appeal of Canada, espionage is...
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