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Disclosure of Pirates’ Identities “Compatible With EU Privacy Laws”

TorrentFreak

million) but according to digital rights group La Quadrature du Net, Hadopi’s “mass internet surveillance” destroyed citizens’ fundamental right to privacy. Operating the program for a decade cost French taxpayers 82 million euros ($86.5

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I2P: The Censorship Resistant Anonymous P2P Network is 20 Years Old

TorrentFreak

In that environment, a young developer named Lance James pondered the implications of increased online ‘monitoring’ on the privacy of law-abiding citizens. In February of 2002, James first presented his anonymous communications project to a broader audience at CodeCon in San Francisco. IIP Website in 2002.

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How South Africa Handles Notice and Takedown

Plagiarism Today

They too have a notice and takedown regime, part of their Electronic Communications and Transactions Act of 2002 (PDF), but the implementation of it is very different from that of the United States or the European Union. One nation that doesn’t get a great deal of attention in this space is South Africa.

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A Comprehensive Look at Data Privacy

LexBlog IP

data privacy : what businesses NEED TO know. Keeping pace with the state of data privacy and data privacy regulations is becoming a pressing responsibility for businesses in the digital age. Data privacy legislation is on the rise, with jurisdictions adopting stricter protective measures on a national and global front.

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Innovating the Term ‘Inventor’: AI and Patent Law

IPilogue

2002 SCC 77 (“Apotex”). It can be further argued that Apotex did not focus on the issue of defining the term “inventor”, and the Supreme Court never considered or debated the possibility of AI inventing patentable inventions in 2002. But, it does not define the term “inventor” or specify whether an inventor must be human.

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Copyright versus privacy: the CJEU rules that access by a public authority to data associated with an IP address can be justified

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In this ruling, the CJEU clarifies its rather ambiguous position in the judgment French Data Network of 6 October 2020 (C-511/18), which was interpreted by the French legislator as not allowing the identification of internet users for civil faults and ‘minor’ criminal offences.

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The Fintech Revolution And The Its Adoption By Financial Regulatories

IP and Legal Filings

Anti-Money Laundering RBI, the regulatory authority for financial bodies, oversees and regulates Money Laundering through a legislation called the Prevention of Money Laundering (Maintenance of Records) Rules 2005 [iii] , Anti- Money Laundering Act, 2002 [iv] , as well as the RBI’s Master Directions on KYC, 2016. Act, 2007. [ii]