You can’t say ‘Merry Christmas’ anymore—they have taken all the fun out of coming to work. What about my human rights? Wow! Where did all this negativity come from? I decided to do some research and look for the origins of this Christmas bashing and I turned up some interesting cases.
To hyperlink or not to hyperlink – That is the question
This week, the Supreme Court of Canada heard arguments on a question that is unique to Canadian law: if you place a hyperlink in your website or blog, and that hyperlink leads to a website that contains defamatory statements about another person, are you liable to that person for defamation?
Employer performed unauthorized credit checks on employees
I recently read an investigation report from the Alberta Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, where an employer made a big mistake and ended up violating the privacy of at least 25 employees.