Information Technology
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June 13, 2024
U.S. tech giants urge Washington to fight Canadian digital services tax
Some of the largest U.S. tech firms are urging Washington to launch a trade dispute with Canada if the federal government passes legislation to create a three per cent digital services tax (DST) on large technology companies.
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June 12, 2024
Competition Bureau obtains court order to advance investigation into Amazon
The Federal Court of Canada has issued a second court order in connection with a Competition Bureau investigation into potentially false or misleading reviews and claims by online retailing giant Amazon.
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June 12, 2024
Quebecor files Competition Bureau complaint targeting Loblaw-Rogers-Bell alliance
The owner of Freedom Mobile has filed a formal complaint with the Competition Bureau regarding an agreement between Loblaw, Rogers and Bell it says would effectively bar Freedom from selling its services and hardware at 180 Loblaws stores.
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June 07, 2024
Court: Class action over lost USB key with personal information of 5,045 persons statute-barred
Declaring the action out of time, the Federal Court has dismissed a certification motion for a class action concerning the loss of a USB key that contained the personal information of 5,045 people, including their social insurance numbers (SINs).
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June 07, 2024
Criminal Lawyers’ Association concerned about use of facial recognition software by Ontario police
Alarm bells are being raised by some in the legal community over the decision by two Ontario police forces to use facial recognition technology.
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June 07, 2024
New innovator-in-residence at Ontario Bar Association
The Ontario Bar Association (OBA) announced in a June 5 news release that it had appointed Colin Lachance as the innovator-in-residence for the 2024-25 year.
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June 07, 2024
SCC rules on interplay of informer privilege & open courts in so-called secret trial case
The Supreme Court of Canada says no “secret” trial occurred during the in-camera prosecution of a confidential police informer in Quebec, but it has ordered 9-0 that a redacted trial judgment should be made public, which contains no information that might identify the police informer in breach of what the top court has previously described as the “extremely broad and powerful” informer privilege.
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June 06, 2024
Feds table bill aimed at enabling patient access and efficient sharing of health-care data
The federal government has tabled a bill aimed at enabling Canadians to access their own health data and at facilitating the sharing of health data among health-care providers, according to a release by Health Canada
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June 06, 2024
Privacy Commissioner tables annual report on privacy protection initiatives
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has tabled his annual report in Parliament titled Trust, innovation, and protecting the fundamental right to privacy in the digital age. The 2023-24 report outlined “key activities and achievements” that his office used regarding the protection and promotion of Canadians’ fundamental right to privacy.
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June 06, 2024
Court rules password sharing for subscription constituted fair dealing in 'landmark decision'
In what one copyright law expert is describing as a huge win for copyright user rights in Canada, the Federal Court has found that Parks Canada employees who shared the password for a single account to access a subscription-based news site were engaged in fair dealing under the Copyright Act and did not infringe copyright law.