BC  Supreme Court on Enforceability of Browsewrap Agreements such as Terms of Use & Copyright

In Century 21 Canada Limited Partnership v. Rogers Communications Inc., 2011 BCSC 1196 the BCSC heard allegations by Century 21 that Roger’s subsidiary Zoocasa improperly scraped content from Century 21′s online real estate listings.  For more information go to www.law4it.com

The Supreme Court of Canada Rules on when linking to defamatory statements is defamatory.

The Supreme Court of Canada recently held that linking to someone else’s website does not constitute defamation: Crookes v. Newton, 2011 SCC 47 (CanLII). For more info go to www.law4it.com

Trade-mark and brand owners have until October 28, 2011 to block domains on .xxx top level domain:

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has approved an adult rated top level domain .xxx for adult entertainment on the Internet. It has signed an agreement with the ICM Registry to manage the .xxx domain level. For more info, go to www.law4it.com

eHarmony Decision provides guidance for TOS & Privacy Policy

In the recent eHarmony decision, the Canadian Privacy Commissioner provided some insight into how web sites with accounts that contain personal information should handle the deactivation and deletion of accounts. She wrote that: "PIPEDA requires that organizations develop guidelines and procedures with respect to the retention of personal information, as well as maximum and minimum retention periods.” For more info, go to www.law4it.com

E-Business Security and Privacy Trends presentaton posted on www.law4it.com

Are you involved in the design and implementation of privacy policies within your organization? If so, are you implementing privacy-by-design or a version of privacy at the design stage? If you are involved in the design and implementation of computer systems (including web based systems), how are you handling your terms of use and privacy policy? To view the presentation given by George C. Eyre, E-Business Security and Privacy Trends at Managing Privacy Compliance (Federated Press) which was held March 30 and 31 follow the link below:

E-Business Security and Privacy Trends presentation posted on www.law4it.com