Michael Geist

APRIL 22, 2024

A little over five years ago, I launched the Law Bytes podcast with an episode featuring Elizabeth Denham , then the UK’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, who provided her perspective on Canadian privacy law. I think it’s been a fun, entertaining, and educational ride.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Yet, ODR systems are not without major privacy concerns, especially concerning the issue of identification data and other financial assets data. 2] Privacy Concerns in ODR It is necessary to further discuss privacy issues in ODR since these platforms process different types of sensitive data.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

“Moy held himself out as a Chicago-area law enforcement officer when selling the Service,” the lawsuit adds, referencing the images below. “Moy’s resellers were informed that he was a law enforcement officer and that message was spread in the Telegram groups, including by group moderators working for Moy. .

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

million) but according to digital rights group La Quadrature du Net, Hadopi’s “mass internet surveillance” destroyed citizens’ fundamental right to privacy. Under EU law, member states may not pass national laws that allow for the general and indiscriminate retention of citizens’ traffic and location data.

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Michael Geist

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The Canadian government often talks about the importance of privacy, but actions speaks louder than words. Not only has privacy reform clearly not been a priority, but the government seems more than willing to use the weak privacy rules to further other policy goals.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The tsunami of anti-AI laws (and other laws against synthetic content) put all of those AR filters in jeopardy–after all, they produce fake algorithmically-generated images. But before we get there, AR filters are in jeopardy due to an old-school privacy law, the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

While AI-generated prompts streamline our daily lives, they also pose significant privacy risks. Challenges emerge when AI systems not only retain data but also process and potentially share it with third parties without consent, placing data privacy at the forefront of AI governance.

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Michael Geist

MARCH 18, 2024

The federal government has struggled to update Canadian privacy laws over the past decade, leaving the Supreme Court as perhaps the leading source of privacy protection. Vibert Jack is the litigation director of the BC Civil Liberties Association, which successfully intervened in the case.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 20, 2024

Photo by Ricardo Gomez Angel on Unsplash Since 22 May 2024, Meta has notified to European users of Instagram and Facebook – through in-app notifications and emails – an update of its privacy policy, linked to the upcoming implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in the area.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 22, 2024

In this episode of The Privacy Insider Podcast, Keith Enright, the outgoing Chief Privacy Officer at Google, joins host Arlo Gilbert to share what it’s like to be at the privacy helm of one of the world’s most influential–and most watched–companies. By: Osano

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

As nonprofit executives, you may be wondering how AI intersects with intellectual property and data privacy law, and how it could affect your organization. To be sure, AI provides a powerful tool to nonprofits in creating content and exploiting for countless cost-effective purposes. By: Farella Braun + Martel LLP

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 2, 2024

state data privacy laws in the U.S. Seven additional states have enacted comprehensive privacy laws, raising the total number of states having their own privacy laws to nineteen. Aside from the number of new laws enacted in 2024, the considerable differences in the scope and content of these laws are of.

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Michael Geist

MAY 24, 2024

With requirements to report the bill back the House shortly, the end result could mean no expert testimony and the possibility of an unamended bill that places privacy and freedom of expression online at risk. What I do know is that Bill S-210 runs counter to the Conservatives’ longstanding support for freedom of expression online.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 5, 2025

1] And since, the creator, consumer and subject of the content are distinctly different-the potential lack of empathy or misapprehension by the consumers towards the subject, based on the creators potrayal, necessitate a discussion of the subjects privacy and personality rights.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Commenting on the French action, Quad9 describes the latest blocking order as yet more “DNS censorship” The company believes that the ruling is based on an “absurd” application of copyright law, which has far-reaching consequences. This is in line with European and Swiss privacy laws.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 31, 2024

Introduction Although there isn’t a clear legal definition of “privacy,” some legal experts define it as a human right that each and every person has simply by virtue of their existence. The right to privacy must, in other words, be evaluated case-by-case. Privacy enjoys a robust legal framework internationally.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 23, 2023

All claim to be the best, but some are more privacy-conscious than others. When it comes to privacy and anonymity, an outsider can’t offer any guarantees. Many of these questions relate to privacy and security, and the various companies answer them here in their own words. The VPN review business is flourishing as well.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 5, 2024

Posing complicated issues on artificial intelligence, data privacy and intellectual property rights, the stakeholders need to come up with some outstanding approaches to ensure a safe environment for all the players involved. Symptoms of these privacy risks are as follows, have a direct impact on IPR.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 15, 2024

law, rightsholders have an option to identify alleged copyright infringers, without directly having to file a lawsuit. “Discord is committed to fulfilling its obligations under the law, but acting as your copyright assertion partner is not one of them. Instead, they can request a DMCA subpoena.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

With the growth of abovementioned platforms, driven by digitalization, concerns for data privacy and security and, potential misuse of the data has steeped in the minds of people who share personal information to access such platforms. Image Sources: Shutterstock] This situation gave rise to a conundrum surrounding the issue of data privacy.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 13, 2024

“In assessing a generative AI product, it is critical to understand issues of data ownership and privacy.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 1, 2023

Court protects Redditor's privacy in piracy case, Saskatchewan demands removal of a parody logo and Twitter's piracy problems continue. The post 3 Count: Twitter Twits appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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Nelligan Law

MARCH 20, 2024

The convicted individual contended that the police’s action of requesting IP address information without a warrant breached their privacy rights, as stipulated by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The claimant’s subjective expectation of privacy. The claimant’s interest in the subject matter.

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Michael Geist

JUNE 3, 2024

Before that vote, this week’s Law Bytes podcast offers up a “what could have been” hearing on the bill. It features my mock opening statement alongside responses to some of the actual questions raised by MPs on issues such as privacy, website blocking, and poorly defined terms in the bill.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 2, 2025

Invariably that means more advertising alongside diminishing privacy, at least for those lucky enough to still have any left. On March 25, the State Duma adopted amendments to federal laws “On Combating Extremist Activity” and “On Advertising.”

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Michael Geist

JANUARY 29, 2024

I’ve described Bill S-210 , the Protecting Young Persons from Exposure to Pornography Act , as the most dangerous Internet bill you’ve never heard of as it contemplates measures that raise privacy concerns, website blocking, and extend far beyond pornography sites to include search and social media.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

With new state privacy legislation, such as the Delete Act, to protect the sale of personal data, along with artificial intelligence legislation orchestrated by the FTC and new laws protecting. However, as technology evolves, safeguarding intellectual property (IP) has become increasingly challenging. By: Mandelbaum Barrett PC

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 11, 2022

Rebecca Tushnet and I are pleased to announce the sixth edition of our casebook, Advertising & Marketing Law: Cases & Materials. Chapter 15: Privacy. We reworked the privacy chapter, mostly to pare it down because the topic has mushroomed to the point where it’s not possible to summarize all of the details.

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Michael Geist

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

From a Canadian perspective, Bill C-27 got most of its initial attention for its privacy provisions, but its inclusion of an AI bill – AIDA – has emerged as a huge issue in its own right. Meanwhile, the government has also quietly been pushing ahead with new generative AI guidelines that may debut this week.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

As IPKat readers who follow data protection/privacy issues will know, the territorial scope of delisting has given rise to more than an headache in the context of the truly European right to be forgotten, which the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) first recognized in its 2014 landmark decision in Costeja v Google Spain [IPKat here ].

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

My roundup of the top Internet Law developments of 2023: 10) California court bans targeted advertising (?). Facebook , a California appeals court shocked the advertising community by suggesting that using common demographic criteria for ad targeting, such as age or gender, may violate California’s anti-discrimination law.

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Moreover, if there are Canadian-based sites that are violating the law in terms of the content they host, they should absolutely face investigation and potential charges. It would be up to the government to determine what methods qualify with due regard for reliability and privacy. And what about the risk of overblocking?

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Michael Geist

MAY 16, 2024

When I first wrote about the arrival of Bill S-210 in the House of Commons back in December, I dubbed it the most dangerous Canadian bill you’ve never heard of and warned that “ Senate private members bills rarely become law, but this bill is suddenly on the radar screen in a big way.”

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IIPRD

JANUARY 22, 2025

One such legal issues is what is referred to as “fair use,” which becomes particularly problematic in the context of the copyright law. Thus, fundamental questions arise, such as whether such copying amounts to infringement under copyright law or whether it falls under the purview of fair use.

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Patently-O

JUNE 6, 2024

The lawsuit asserts five causes of action against Ladas & Parry: misappropriation of trade secrets under federal and NY state law, copyright infringement, legal malpractice, and breach of fiduciary duty. by Dennis Crouch Neuropublic S.A., IPQuad’s co-founder was previously employed by PatentManiac.

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Olartemoure Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

On the other hand, about the other legal bases for processing, the CJEU pointed out that, as these are situations that allow processing without consent, they must be interpreted restrictively and that it will be the controller who will have the burden of proving the lawfulness of the processing under one of these legal bases.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

4) Robustness, safety, reliability, and data privacy of AI models. Robustness, safety, reliability, data privacy, are just some of the most noticeable pain points in training and deploying AI systems. customer data), directly using such training data may result in serious data privacy breaches.

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