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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Michael Geist

JANUARY 31, 2024

It may be the most dangerous Internet bill you’ve never heard of since it contemplates measures that raise privacy concerns, website blocking, and extend far beyond pornography sites to include search and social media. Facilitate the adoption of age-verification technologies in Canada, b.

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IPilogue

JULY 4, 2022

Pandemic-related school closures pushed the adoption of educational technology (“EdTech”) in classrooms to new heights. On May 25 th , Human Rights Watch (“HRW”) published a report – “a global investigation of the education technology (EdTech) endorsed by 49 governments for children’s education during the pandemic.”

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2023

However, many users do not understand how the technology works, and how the use of generative AI collects personal or sensitive information of users. The use of generative AI tools is much like how users use the Internet or social media.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Online privacy is, without a doubt, an area of growing concern. As technology takes a greater presence in our lives, lawmakers are right to turn their minds to its potential deleterious effects. How would successful implementation of the proposal negatively impact privacy rights? Photo by AbsolutVision ( UNSPLASH ).

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In August, Apple made headlines by introducing new privacy features in their upcoming software updates. Over the years, Apple has cultivated a strong reputation as a protector of consumer privacy. One of their core values and popular marketing point s is that “privacy is a fundamental human right.”

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 20, 2023

Slow down when adopting and using Artificial Technology tools (AI). When exploring the use of AI, methods used to explore the use of social media platforms, allowing technology companies to track you through cookies, sharing your camera, voice, and location are still relevant in assessing the risk of using AI technology.

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IPilogue

JUNE 1, 2022

Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, academic discussions indicated that artificial intelligence (AI) would signify the fourth industrial revolution with tangible economic benefits and potential privacy concerns. Nowadays, privacy concerns exceed personal information protection. .

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Michael Geist

MAY 16, 2024

For those new to the bill, the government has called it “fundamentally flawed” since it contemplates measures that raise privacy concerns through mandated age verification technologies, website blocking, and extends far beyond pornography sites to include search and social media.

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IPilogue

JULY 19, 2021

IP Osgoode would like to congratulate the winners of the Gowling WLG Best Blog in IP Law and Technology Prize for 2020-2021. Our stories also delve into related areas including: internet law, privacy rights, broadcasting, social media and free speech. Best Blog Comment : We did not award a winner for this category.

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IPilogue

JULY 18, 2022

Best Blog in IP Law and Technology Prize for 2021-2022. Gowling WLG Best Blog in IP Law and Technology Prize? Our stories also delve into related areas including: internet law, privacy rights, broadcasting, social media and free speech. . Of course, the subject matter of the IPilogue goes beyond strictly IP.

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Michael Geist

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The policies it should have prioritized such as stronger privacy and competition rules were largely left to languish with Bill C-27 still in committee and now subject to mounting opposition over the decision fold AI regulation with minimal consultation into the bill.

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IPilogue

JULY 16, 2021

Facial recognition technology (FRT) is an increasingly popular and controversial tool used by public authorities and commercial institutions. Reports of racial bias and Canadian privacy law violations weaken the argument for implementing FRT. The OPC subsequently received a complaint under the Privacy Act. What is Clearview?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 7, 2022

July 7, 2020): “The privacy policy includes a section titled “Rights of California Residents,” which addresses requirements of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), Cal. ” * Bloomberg : Global Privacy Control Popularity Grows as Legal Status Up in Air. Voodoo SAS v. SayGames LLC, 2020 WL 379165 (N.D.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 30, 2023

As artificial intelligence, also known as “AI” becomes more of a household word, it is worth pointing out not only how cool it can be, but also how some uses raise privacy concerns. The rapid growth of technological capabilities often surpasses our ability to understand long-term implications on society.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Our wide-ranging discussion covered how regulators can address the privacy, security and transparency concerns that underlie this transformative technology. By: Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog Alex Tuzhilin, Julia Glidden and Gerry Petrella.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

The term “link taxes” refer to the government compulsion of large Internet services, such as social media or search engines, to pay news media for indexing and publishing their headlines and links. 4) Social media “defective design” lawsuits go forward. #StopTheSADScheme.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 13, 2021

The world of competitive video gaming implicates a complicated patchwork of privacy laws, and esports companies need to keep in mind some key issues when assessing privacy and cybersecurity obligations. Below are some of the key questions to think through to assess issues related to data use (privacy) and cybersecurity in esports.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 11, 2022

Furthermore, the age authentication process would expose both under-18s and adults to extra privacy and security risks. The bill regulates “social media platforms,” defined as an “electronic medium” that allows “users to create, share, and view user?generated What The Bill Says. generated content.”

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

muddies the waters again, challenging orders from privacy authorities in British Columbia and testing current Canadian privacy law. In February 2021, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (“the Commissioner”) released a report on Clearview AI, Inc. Facial recognition software company Clearview AI, Inc. Accountability.

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IPilogue

MARCH 13, 2023

Value for Users Traditionally, users have valued the ability to share their personal information while using online services, like search engines or social media platforms, citing their desire to receive personalized advertisements. What monetary value do some privacy-conscious users demand to share their personal information? $20

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 12, 2022

e-personation case (an edge case from a different era), and the decade-old social media e-discovery cases (mainstream CivPro by now). Taylor about true threats on social media. The Florida and Texas social media censorship laws and the associated court challenges. Social Media. Lopez (Cal.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

On September 18, 2023, NetChoice, LLC — a national trade association with members from the tech and social media industry — obtained a preliminary injunction from the District Court for the Northern District of California preventing the State of California from enforcing the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (“AADC” or the “Act”).

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Introduction Technology is no more separated and has become the integral part of our lives. Any user can easily copy, duplicate or access the data without the permission of the author and it is difficult to trace them back due to the issues of privacy and other matters.

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 14, 2023

But given a bill that envisions government-backed censorship, mandates age verification to use search engines or social media sites, and creates a framework for court-ordered website blocking, there is a need to pay attention. While there are surely good intentions with the bill, the risks and potential harms it poses are significant.

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Corsearch

JULY 18, 2023

Millions across the globe have flocked to Instagram Threads – the newest social media platform on the block. In this blog, we discuss the threats posed on Instagram Threads and the processes and advanced technology you can utilize to combat them. They are used by criminals to prey on unsuspecting social media users.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 8, 2022

First, Snapchat may not have had the legal right to snoop into the conversation due to the ECPA and other privacy laws, so there’s no way for Snapchat to tell if the conversation was about helping with homework or sexual grooming. Snap appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. 2022 WL 2528615 (S.D. July 7, 2022).

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IPilogue

JANUARY 11, 2023

IP law in publishing, especially at The Globe – who is known for being an early provider of digital media and device-agnostic content delivery – goes far beyond copyright infringement and litigation. Complying with privacy regulations, especially in IT contracts, is as important as it can be misunderstood.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 7, 2021

It took many years for laws and regulations to catch up to how those products harmed kids and adults (lead pigment in paint was finally outlawed in 1976, though there was research that showed lead pigment was harmful to health decades earlier), and technology is changing even more rapidly. The message here is that we are all in this together.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 23, 2023

Italian authorities are reporting that officers of the Special Privacy Protection and Technological Fraud Unit of the Guardia di Finanza of Rome have carried out a new operation against pirate IPTV.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 2, 2022

Today I’m blogging about one of those bills, California AB 2408 , “Social media platform: child users: addiction.” This bill assumes that social media platforms are intentionally addicting kids, so it creates business-ending liability to thwart those alleged addictions. What the Bill Says.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

faces allegations that it uses facial recognition technology that violates the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The complaint alleged that Clearview scraped over 3 billion images from various social media platforms and other online sources to create a facial recognition database.

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Michael Geist

AUGUST 23, 2021

Those plans include the creation of a bureaucratic super-structure that featuring a new Digital Safety Commission, a digital tribunal to rule on content removal, and a social media regulation advisory board. Cynthia Khoo is an Associate at the Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law in Washington.

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SpicyIP

JULY 9, 2021

Thus, we are calling all practitioners, judges, law professors, law students, economists, legal professionals, writers and anyone with interest in the fields of intellectual property, law and technology!

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

Consistent with this message, the FTC has been busy rulemaking to address data protection and privacy, disclosures, endorsements and reviews, children’s advertising, and health-related product claims. What Privacy-Related Claims Does Your Company Make? Disclosures, Endorsements, Dark Patterns – Oh, My!

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

Defendants also managed the social media presence of the “La Baguette” business, which primarily consisted of a Facebook page. Moore, Find Out Who Your Friends Are: A Framework for Determining Whether Employees’ Social Media Followers Follow Them to A New Job, 39 CAMPBELL L. See generally, Christopher A.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 8, 2024

Age Estimation: The Act requires online providers to estimate the age of child users so that the highest privacy setting is applied when a child visits the site. High Default Privacy Settings: The Act requires a “high” level of privacy setting as the “default” for children visiting a site.

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