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James Gannon is a lawyer at the firm McCarthy Tétrault. The views expressed here are his own.
Tag Archives: privacy
Ontario Court of Appeal awards damages for invasion of personal privacy
Posted by on January 19, 2012
In my view, it is appropriate for this court to confirm the existence of a right of action for intrusion upon seclusion. Recognition of such a cause of action would amount to an incremental step that is consistent with the role of this court to develop the common law in a manner consistent with the [...]
Copyright and privacy reform bills on Notice Paper
Posted by on September 28, 2011
Tuesday afternoon saw bills to amend both the Copyright Act and PIPEDA appear on Parliament’s Notice Paper as Government bills. It is likely both bills will have first reading on Thursday morning. It has already been announced that the copyright reform bill (Bill C-11?) will be unchanged from last Parliament’s Bill C-32. Will the privacy reform bill (Bill C-12?) [...]
8th Circuit finds P2P file sharing is a waiver of expectation of privacy in a computer
Posted by on August 16, 2009
The United States Court of Appeal for the 8th Circuit ruled in United States v. Stults that the defendant’s use of the LimeWire P2P program to make files available to other users is a waiver of any expectation of privacy to anybody who could access it. Although the case involved child pornography and not copyright infringement, [...]
