GOOGLE LLC v. ORACLE AMERICA, INC. is surprisingly elaborate considering that fair use doctrine is already settled. We think that Google could have won even without the fair use doctrine. Snippets of code must matter to deserve copyright protection. In Canada, Google would have lost under fair use doctrine, because commercial use always negates fair …
In 2017 the Court of Appeal of the 2nd circuit ruled that the president of the United States Twitter account is a constitutionally protected public forum limiting the President\’s power to block users who criticize him on the platform. In 2021 Twitter proved the Court of Appeal 100% wrong by asserting absolute control over several …
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Olymel affirme que les renseignements personnels d’employés actuels, d’anciens employés et de postulants ont pu être dérobés.
\”Les données concernées sont liées au dossier d’emploi et comprennent le nom, l’adresse, la date de naissance, le numéro d’assurance sociale et, dans certains cas, pour les travailleurs étrangers, des informations contenues dans leurs passeports.\”
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1769537/cyberattaque-olymel-loi-renseignements-personnels
CyberNews reports that a massive repository of individuals’ data has been posted online. Dubbed “Compilation of Many Breaches” (COMB) this may be the biggest-ever compilation of hacked user credentials ever posted online before, but it’s not the result of a new hack or data breach. Leaked user data combines a 2012 data breach at LinkedIn involving 117 million accounts, as well as stolen Netflix login data. This is the time to change passwords and it comes as a reminder for users to stop recycling user names and passwords across different services.
https://bgr.com/tech/data-breach-email-and-passwords-leaked-compilation-of-many-breaches-5904287/
In Trimble Solutions Corporation v. Quantum Dynamics Inc., 2021 FC 63 the plaintiffs brought an ex parte motion for default judgment in the context of copyright infringement in a software program. Relying on an infringement report generated by a third party anti-piracy software program, the plaintiff produced overwhelming evidence of unauthorized copying. The Federal Court …
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Selon le Syndicat de professionnelles et professionnels du gouvernement du Québec (SPGQ), le projet de loi 59 censé moderniser le régime de santé et sécurité du travail souffre d\’une déficience majeure: il fait abstraction du télétravail.
The CPRA introduces amendments to the CCPA of existing provisions of Title 1.81.5 of the California Civil Code (currently known as the CCPA and codified at Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.100 et seq) and adds new provisions (related to the establishment California Privacy Protection Agency). It is unclear, however, whether Title 1.81.5 will continue to be known as the CCPA or will instead be known as CPRA effective Jan. 1, 2023.
The CPRA took effect on Dec. 16, 2020, but most of the provisions revising the CCPA won’t become “operative” until Jan. 1, 2023.
Here is a diagram breaking down the two statutes and outlining how the CPRA expands the CPAA.
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[For additional information, see Bloomberg Law\’s Glossary of Terms for Decoding CCPA/CPRA.]
The California Privacy Protection Agency is a new agency, created by the CPRA, which is vested with “full administrative power, authority, and jurisdiction to implement and enforce” the CCPA. The CPRA transfers rulemaking authority from the California Attorney General to the California Privacy Protection Agency effective July 1, 2021, with final CPRA regulations due by July 1, 2022.
On dirait que la CNESST intervient seulement après un reportage RDI. Il ne suffit pas que le ministre ait dit mille fois que le télétravail est obligatoire. C\’est comme si les inspecteurs de la CNESST venaient de découvrir qu\’il y a une pandémie. Voilà qu\’ils ne sont pas tous sur la même page, notamment celle …
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De plus en plus de services policiers au Canada, à l’instar de l’Agence des services frontaliers, font l’acquisition de technologies permettant de déverrouiller un téléphone cellulaire ou une tablette protégés par un mot de passe. Pour effectuer ce type de déverrouillage, les agents doivent obtenir une autorisation judiciaire (mandat). Or, ce n’est pas l’autorisation judiciaire …
In response to Apple’s new data disclosure requirements, WhatsApp informed users last week that certain data points, such as the user’s profile status, login activity, contact list, purchases, and financial information, may be shared with businesses and the third parties they use.
Unless you consent to totally unacceptable 3rd party data sharing of your personal and financial information, your account will be deleted anyway.
Therefore delete it before it deletes you.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90593066/whatsapp-facebook-privacy-ultimatum This article discusses one of the most unhinged antitrust defendants in the history of litigation.
The alternative to Whasapp is Telegram or Signal. The simple reason that big tech anti-trust defendants are backing Signal at the moment however should come as ared flag. Until all anti-trust lawsuits against Twitter, Apple, Amazon, Google, and FB are resolved, it is impossible to trust any company so heavily endorsed by social media tyrants.
Even Turkey\’s Erdogan has dropped Whatsapp urging journalists to use a Turkish app equivalent.
I maintain my position that government actors have absolutely no business to be on private social media networks. If you are a politician on Twitter, you are giving off an image of selling out your country to Big Tech.
It would be reckless to encourage your citizens to hand over their personal information to big tech giants for the privilege to follow you on private social media networks.
From a political standpoint, private companies have 100% the right and the power to pick and choose sides and ban whoever they want. Users are being tolerated as guests on these platforms and must behave by their code. If your opinion falls out of line, they can legally remove you.
Governments need to set up their own communication platforms. Otherwise, they call into question their legitimacy and raison d\’être. Governments that keep relying on private corporations to communicate hand government power to non elected private actors. It is like building your house on someone else\’s land. The landowner can kick you out at any time. As a government actor, you need a more stable alternative.