An Affront to Privacy: Clearview AI in Canada
- February 14, 2021
- Heather Ferg
Clearview AI scraped billions of photos from the internet and turned them into a powerful facial recognition tool used by at least 30 Canadian law enforcement agencies. Earlier this month, Canadian privacy officials released a report of their investigation into…
Rudy Giuliani and the Big Lie
- January 31, 2021
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
On January 25, 2021, Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit against Rudolph W. Giuliani who was a central figure in the efforts of former President Donald J. Trump to subvert the 2020 election in the United States. Dominion claims…
Dominion Voting Systems Sues pro-Trump Lawyer Sidney Powell
- January 15, 2021
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
On January 8, 2021, Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit against lawyer Sidney Powell demanding over $1.3 billion in damages caused by her proliferation of “wild” and “demonstrably false” accusations that it rigged the 2020 U.S. election, was created…
Canada’s New Data Protection Bill: Is It Adequate?
- December 31, 2020
- Heather Ferg
On November 17, 2020, the Canadian federal government tabled Bill C-11 in the House of Commons. If passed, the Digital Charter Implementation Act will enact two new pieces of legislation: the Consumer Privacy Protection Act and the Data Protection Tribunal Act. Together,…
The SolarWinds Hack
- December 16, 2020
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
On December 14, 2020, SolarWinds announced that its network management software, Orion, had been targeted by a cyberespionage operation. The hackers inserted malicious code into Orion software updates rolled out to nearly 18,000 customers. The initial reports confirmed that the…