Information Technology
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August 12, 2024
BCSC panel finds crypto trading platform defrauded customers of $13M
The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) panel has found that a crypto trading platform based out of the province committed fraud by “lying to its customers and diverting about $13 million of their assets to gambling.”
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August 01, 2024
Privacy commissioner launches probe into cybersecurity breach at Ticketmaster
Canada’s privacy commissioner has launched an investigation into a cybersecurity breach at Ticketmaster in which the personal information of millions of customers may have been compromised.
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July 31, 2024
Class action certified against medical imaging company for alleged financial misrepresentations
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has granted leave to commence a secondary market misrepresentation action against a company offering medical imaging services, certifying the case as a class action.
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July 31, 2024
Federal political parties collecting sensitive voter data in a regulatory void, warns report
In a British Columbia courtroom this past May, the country’s three main political parties came together in common cause: to maintain unregulated access to sometimes sensitive voter information collected by a mushrooming industry of political consultants.
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July 30, 2024
Competition Bureau to host conference on competition and artificial intelligence in September
The Competition Bureau has announced that it will be hosting a summit this September on an artificial intelligence (AI) and competition featuring a virtual keynote address by U.S. Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan.
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July 25, 2024
Federal Court rejects Competition Bureau's 'excessive' production order in Amazon investigation
The Federal Court has rejected an ex parte application by the Commissioner of Competition for an order that Amazon companies provide 36 data fields in regards to potentially hundreds of millions of products to establish whether Amazon turns “a blind eye” to fake reviews to enhance business.
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July 24, 2024
Federal Court of Appeal upholds CRTC decision to raise telecom access rates for third-party providers
The Federal Court of Appeal has upheld a Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) decision to raise the rates that large telecommunications companies can charge third-party service providers for access to their internet facilities and infrastructure.
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July 23, 2024
Federal Court orders broadcaster to pay $27.3M for copyright infringement of Turkish programs
The Federal Court has ordered a broadcaster to pay $27.3 million for infringing the copyrights of Turkish broadcaster Kanal D on 2,729 episodes of 22 television programs.
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July 23, 2024
Canadian securities regulators stepped up enforcement in 2023-24, driven in part by crypto schemes
Canadian securities regulators commenced 83 enforcement proceedings between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024, with 27 cases of selling securities illegally making it the most common offence, according to the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) annual year-in-review report.
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July 16, 2024
Federal Court orders ISPs to implement site blocking to curb pirated online sports broadcasts
The Federal Court has ordered Canadian Internet service providers (ISPs) to implement dynamic site‑blocking aimed at stopping copyright infringement with respect to live sports broadcasts.