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Tuesday, 25 November 2014 09:39
Alberta Introduces Amendments to Balance Privacy and Freedom of ExpressionWritten by Teresa Scassa
Just over a year ago, in Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta v. United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 401 the Supreme Court of Canada struck down Alberta’s Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) on the basis that it violated the freedom of expression guaranteed by s. 2(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom. The case arose after a union was found to have violated PIPA by collecting and using video and photo images…
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Monday, 03 November 2014 13:01
Quebec Court Awards Damages for Violation of Privacy on Google StreetviewWritten by Teresa Scassa
In an interesting decision from the small claims court of Quebec, Google has been held liable for violating the plaintiff’s privacy rights after an image of her sitting on her front steps appeared on Google Streetview. In Grillo v. Google Inc., the plaintiff, Ms Grillo, testified that she had decided to sit on her front steps briefly one day, while on vacation. She was checking her messages on her smart phone, when she noticed the…
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