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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Michael Geist

MARCH 2, 2022

The House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics spent much of February conducting a study on the collection and use of mobility data by the Government of Canada. I believe that something are outdated privacy laws that are no longer fit for purpose. My opening statement is posted below. Good morning.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

of global trade; and in a recent EU IPO report, it was found that as many as 1 in 3 people have been misled into buying counterfeits. Goods placed on the market in the EU are deemed to have exhausted trade mark rights for the purposes of the UK, but not the other way round. Its reach is wider than that; and that’s not a bad thing.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 22, 2025

To determine whether the use constitutes fair use or not is determined based on a number of factors like if they primarily include the purpose and character of the use, the nature of the copyrighted work, the amount used, and the effect on the market for the original work. Another important factor is market effect. Google, Inc.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 16, 2021

Blackbaud “provides data collection and maintenance software solutions for administration, fundraising, marketing, and analytics to social good entities such as non-profit organizations, foundations, educational institutions, faith communities, and healthcare organizations.” 24. * Californians: VOTE NO ON PROP.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 31, 2023

As previously reported for the IPKat here , the UK Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee recently conducted an inquiry into the impact of AI on several sectors. Privacy: AI can allow individuals to be identified and personal information about them to be used in ways beyond what the public wants. Image: Riana Harvey 2.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Whois Privacy. Copyright holders have complained about these privacy services for years. To make matters worse for copyright holders, the EU’s GDPR privacy law only made it harder to identify domain owners. The music industry group submitted its notorious markets comments to the USTR last week. RIAA Calls Out ICANN.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 10, 2022

HDR offers “strategic communications” services to their clients, which includes monitoring and reporting on community sentiment/conversations about their projects. The plaintiff sued HDR for ECPA and common law privacy violations. The court rejects both claims. For similar reasons, the common law claim fails. Implications.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

“[N]o legacy is so rich as honesty” 1 might fairly summarize the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s theme to the advertising industry for 2023, as gleaned from the National Advertising Division (NAD) 2022 Annual Report. What Privacy-Related Claims Does Your Company Make? Nothing less will do.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 8, 2025

In today’s report the usual suspects dominate the top slots – google.com, microsoft.com, mail.ru Moss says that Zonatmo is the latest new domain for a platform called Tu Manga Online, a manga content directory aimed at the Spanish-speaking market. Tranco publishes an updated ranking list of a million domains every day.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 19, 2021

A class of plaintiffs sued the credit bureau TransUnion, alleging that they were improperly placed on a “watch list” that TransUnion offered to supplement credit reports. If “Joe Smith” was on the OFAC list, TransUnion flagged the credit reports of all Joe Smiths. The class consisted of approximately 8,000 members.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 7, 2022

In 2015, the chief judge at Finland’s Market Court questioned whether the system had the resources to cope but that didn’t deter those seeking to turn piracy into profit. The Market Court ruled that the subscribers should be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. Initial Victory For Internet Subscribers.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

VPNs are valuable tools for people who want to access the Internet securely and with decent privacy. “This is an obvious trade barrier and real threat to the free market,” ACT writes in its letter to the USTR. In an earlier trade barrier report, the U.S. ” China Too. . ” U.S. These concerns are not new.

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Olartemoure Blog

AUGUST 10, 2022

Worldwide, on 2022 companies are planning to invest over US$1M on privacy initiatives, resulting in the fact that companies with higher revenues tend to invest larger sums. Competitive and reputational matters : privacy is one of the current motives which drives consumer choices in the marketplace. 2 Consumer Privacy Survey.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 28, 2023

Plus, DPIAs pose potential security risks due to the sensitive and confidential nature of the information contained within the reports. Default Privacy Settings. Enforce published terms, policies, and community standards established by the business, including but not limited to privacy policies and those concerning children.”

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 28, 2021

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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Regulated expressive conduct The AADC frames itself a “privacy” law, but that’s always been a gross lie. The age estimation and privacy provisions thus appear likely to impede the “availability and use” of information and accordingly to regulate speech.” It is and always has been about content censorship.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 30, 2021

Amidst growing concerns about online privacy and security, VPN services have become increasingly popular in recent years. The movie companies further allege that VPN customers are engaged in other types of “outrageous conduct” under this privacy shield, including racist comments, child pornography, and even committing murder.

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Velocity of Content

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

According to McKinsey’s latest Global Survey on AI , adoption of generative AI has nearly doubled in just ten months, with 65% of respondents reporting that their organizations are now regularly using the technology. However, despite its high ranking, only 25% of organizations report actively working to mitigate IP infringement risks.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Second, once minors are segregated: social media companies must “set default privacy settings to prioritize maximum privacy” (giving specific examples of regulated settings), and parental consent is required to make any adjustments to those settings. And as expected, the court indeed enjoined the law on First Amendment grounds.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

As a result, the case has been cited in many separate copyright infringement discussions since, sometimes with references to how those devices were marketed and the sellers’ stated aim of allowing customers to access content for free. This decision came after the evaluation to protect our clients and their privacy. We at Ultra.cc

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 20, 2023

“[N]o legacy is so rich as honesty” 1 might fairly summarize the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s theme to the advertising industry for 2023, as gleaned from the National Advertising Division (NAD) 2022 Annual Report. What Privacy-Related Claims Does Your Company Make? Nothing less will do.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 2, 2023

When the report was published early December 2022, just one of the most popular apps was listed in the ‘Piracy Apps’ section. “Stakeholders from the audiovisual sector reported IPTV Smarters for inclusion in the Watch List as an IPTV turnkey solution from India,” the Commission wrote ( pdf ).

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Dark patterns were also specifically called out in a number of new state privacy laws. A recently released FTC staff report on dark patterns indicates that this focus is only growing, and that dark patterns can encompass a wide range of common marketing practices – from urgency offers to fee disclosures.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

This week in Other Barks & Bites: the Federal Circuit issues a partial remand asking the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) to analyze the distinctiveness of the “BROOKLYN BREW SHOP” trademark; the Copyright Royalty Board finalizes its ratemaking determination for statutory licenses on digital performances of sound recordings; China’s IP (..)

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 6, 2022

2021 was a rough year for many businesses, but there was at least one winner: in a recent blog post , privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo reported a record growth of over 46 percent and now claims to serve more than 27 million Americans. This post was authored by C. Blair Robinson, legal intern at Robinson+Cole.

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Michael Geist

JULY 30, 2021

When combined with plans for a new data commissioner, privacy tribunal, and the expanded CRTC under Bill C-10, the sheer amount of new Internet governance is dizzying. The government envisions pro-active monitoring and reporting requirements that could have significant implications.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 27, 2022

VPN services are a useful tool to protect internet users’ online privacy. GeoComply reports that its GeoGuard service can now spot these ‘hijacked’ residential IP addresses, which should make it harder for VPN services to evade blocking measures. In addition, they can also help to bypass geographical restrictions.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

For some time now, dark patterns have been quite the trending topic for both marketers and privacy professionals. Late last week, the FTC issued its report following up on the workshop. In any event, the report does provide at least some additional insights that may help marketers to avoid unlawful dark patterns.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 14, 2024

As the owner of Denuvo, perhaps the most hated anti-piracy tech currently on the market, it probably didn’t come as a surprise. The reported repositories have duplicated the Irdeto website code and assets. With no blanket of redactions, no wall-to-wall privacy service, Irdeto.fr Yet amazingly, not at all frustrating today.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 17, 2025

After steadfastly protecting the privacy rights of subscribers, usually against aggressive rightsholders determined to unmask them, ISPs today are more likely to view disclosure from a different perspective. While the sender’s identity isn’t 100% clear due to numerous redactions, GitHub’s report indicates Telefonica.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 26, 2022

Even more so, millions of users could set up an account on the Website, which Defendants operate, own, and created, to acquire ‘access to a database containing proprietary ‘detailed reports’ about people to anybody willing to pay for a monthly subscription.'” Background Reports Protected by Section 230–Dennis v. Whitepages.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

“Ancestry attempts to expand the understanding of public affairs from reporting on events and public persons to anything that may interest private individuals.” The court dismisses the claim because there’s probably no privacy interest in yearbook photos, and publishing them isn’t sufficiently offensive.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 24, 2024

Yet especially in the business-to-consumer or “B2C” context, these ToS have often been reviled as largely unread, not understood, and creating an abusive relationship of imbalance of power in monopolistic or oligopolistic markets. in Europe through the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive and the Digital Services Act ).

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Many arrests have been reported too, not to mention anti-piracy action in the ‘ metaverse ‘, which may (or may not) yet exist. A reported 1.5 For owners of devices set for the market or even sitting at home, Anatel has just issued a reminder that illegal set-top boxes are punishable with a fine.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 1, 2023

New Lawsuit, New Determination Filed at a Washington court early August 2023, a new complaint alleging copyright infringement, breaches of the DMCA, and civil RICO violations, among others, targeted up to 50 developers, marketers, customer support staff, and sellers of Destiny 2 cheating software offered by Ring-1.

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Olartemoure Blog

AUGUST 5, 2022

08/04/22 – Data Privacy. In addition, the new regulation establishes guidelines for payment initiation activities, further clarifies the rules for marketing financial services through electronic platforms and reiterates measures to protect consumers and ensures proper operation of the system. Source in Spanish.

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