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Who Gets To Look In Your Phone At The Border?
Here’s a thought experiment for you. You are at airport security, beginning the always pleasant regime of scans and scrutiny that today’s…
How Much Is Privacy Worth? In This Case, $15,000
Is privacy dead? Not really, of course, but it is under attack. One of the biggest weapons against privacy is the increasing…
Fair Dealing Still Treated Broadly By Canadian Courts
Copyright is broad and limited. What do I mean by that apparent oxymoron? Anything covered by Canada’s Copyright Act enjoys a wide…
How Much Of Your Music and Video Do You Actually Own?
How much music do you own? I am talking about tunes in any form – downloaded files, CD’s, DVD’s, sheet music or…
Your (Sometime) Friend, Insurance Subrogation
Neighbour #1, “It says here you’re suing me!” Neighbour #2, “I’m what?!?” A lawsuit was commenced in 2015 over an explosion in…
Sweat The Details In Your Corporation
Closely held corporations are a common business structure. These corporations have few shareholders and directors, often family or friends. There are advantages…
Child Custody and Access After A Marital Split
The foundation of any business is still people. Problems affecting humans ultimately impact the business, especially in an emotionally charged atmosphere like…
How “Notice and Notice” Works for Copyright Claims in Canada
You have this “friend”. She opened her mail box one day and found a letter from her internet service provider. She is…
Get Ready For The Next Wave of CASL
Back in 2014 there was a lot of chatter over Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation, also known as CASL. When it came into force…
Employee Surveillance
“If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.” George Orwell wrote that in 1984, a novel…
NDA’s Are Not Magic Bullets
One of the acronyms that gets thrown around a lot in business is “NDA”. It of course stands for non-disclosure agreement, sometimes…
Safeguarding Business and Customer Data
Sex sells. That is not news. This piece is not about sex, but it is about the lesson behind a rather salacious…