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By Occasional Contributors | 5 Minutes Read September 30, 2015

Bill C-13: Lawful access and the relationship between organizations, cyber-bullying and the protection of privacy rights

On December 9, 2014, Bill C-13, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Canada Evidence Act, the Competition Act and the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act (Act) – also known as the Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act –, received the royal assent. The Act came into force on March 9, 2015.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Information Technology, Privacy / bullying, criminal code, cyber-bullying, financial data, harassment, Internet, Internet exploitation, investigation, Lawful access, non-consensual circulation of intimate images, online, PIPEDA, Preservation of computer data, privacy rights, Production of transmission data, Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act, tracking data

By Maanit Zemel | 3 Minutes Read November 25, 2013

Is the proposed 'cyberbullying legislation' the real deal?

On November 20, 2013, Bill C-13 received first reading before the House of Commons. The media touted Bill C-13 as the new “Cyberbullying Legislation”. However, assuming Bill C-13 receives royal assent, how effective will be it be in combating cyberbullying?

Article by Maanit Zemel / Business, Privacy / Charter, combating cyberbullying, consent, criminal code, cyberbullying, deterring and punishing cyberbullies, dissemination of intimate images, free and democratic society, Freedom of expression, identity theft, impersonation, Internet, Internet Service Providers, intimate image, ISP, Non-Consensual Distribution, offence of possession of child pornography, online, online communication, online harassment, post images, protecting children from harm, reasonable limit, types of offences, website operators

By McCarthy Tétrault LLP | 2 Minutes Read August 6, 2013

Facebook posting about co-worker = workplace harassment

In a recent case the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal found that a facebook posting about a co-worker’s Mexican heritage was prohibited workplace harassment under the Human Rights Code .

Article by McCarthy Tétrault LLP / Employee Relations, Health and Safety, Human Rights / ancestry, Citizenship, comments were unwelcome, discipline, discrimination, facebook, harassment, human rights code, human rights training, Ministry of Labour, occupational health and safety act, online, online postings, online workplace harassment, Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, place of origin, postings on the Internet, prohibited ground of discrimination, race, social media, social media policy, vexatious, workplace harassment, workplace incident

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