Brian Bowman recently had an interview with Erin Trassord of Maritime Morning, a local radio station in Halifax, regarding Google’s new Privacy Policy. To listen, click here
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Brian Bowman Interview with Maritime Morning — Weekend Edition News 95.7 // News 88.9 // News 91.9
Posted March 6, 2012 | Access to Information, Blogs, Data Protection, E-mail, Electronic Commerce, Marketing, Mobile devices, Online Reputation Management, PIPEDA, Privacy, Privacy Commissioner, social networking vehicles, Social Networking Websites, Spam, | Leave a comment
PitbLAWg may be AWOL on January 18, 2012.
Posted January 17, 2012 | Blogs, E-mail, Identity Theft, Intellectual Property, Legislation, Mobile devices, Online Reputation Management, PIPEDA, Privacy, Privacy Commissioner, social networking vehicles, Social Networking Websites, Uncategorized, | Leave a comment
In a USA Today article “TwitPic, WordPress to go dark for online SOPA protest” Yamiche Alcindor reported that WordPress, along with other websites will not available on Wednesday January 18, 2012 to protest the proposed US legislation, Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act. WordPress is the host site for PitbLAWg. If WordPress [...]
Choose Your Words Carefully!
Posted September 1, 2011 | Access to Information, Blogs, Corporate Information, Defamation, Due Diligence, E-mail, Employee Monitoring, Employment Standards, Labour and Employment, Mobile devices, Uncategorized, | Leave a comment
Remember that email exchange you had with an individual a year ago? Now that you are in litigation with that individual, the email may be relevant. The Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench Rules require that any and all relevant documents must be produced in the course of litigation and the term documents includes more [...]
Privacy Commissioner releases report on online tracking, profiling and targeting, and cloud computing
Posted May 6, 2011 | Access to Information, Cloud Computing, Data Protection, Identity Theft, Marketing, Mobile devices, Personal Information, PIPEDA, Privacy, Privacy Commissioner, Social Networking Websites, Technology, Uncategorized, | Leave a comment
Canada’s Privacy Commissioner has just released the final report of her Office’s consultations on the online tracking, profiling and targeting of consumers by marketers and other businesses. “Most people have no idea about the rich trail of data they leave behind when they browse the Internet, use social networking sites, or engage the geo-location functions of their [...]
It Pays to Be a Safe Driver
Posted June 21, 2010 | Legislation, Mobile devices, | Leave a comment
Studies have shown that driving while using a cell phone reduces the amount of brain activity associated with driving by 37%. In response to these alarming statistics, other provinces have been introducing legislation to ban the use of hand-held cell phones while driving. My colleague, Brad Madison, provided an update for Ontario in his post entitled, [...]
Hands Free only in Cottage Country
Posted January 25, 2010 | Legislation, Mobile devices, | Leave a comment
You probably know that, while a new law is coming, talking on your cell phone while driving in Manitoba, though not a good idea, is not illegal… yet. (The Manitoba law has been passed but is awaiting proclamation.) Indications are that Manitobans may see this new law come into force by mid 2010. What you might [...]
Smartphones in the workplace: what’s your business doing to manage the risk?
Posted January 4, 2010 | Employee Monitoring, Mobile devices, | Leave a comment
(Previously published on Brian Bowman – On the Cutting Edge on July 6, 2009) Recently, an interesting article in the Globe and Mail dealt with the issue of smartphone etiquette. Business professionals fidgeting with their BlackBerrys and iPhones in meetings, walking through airports with eyes glued to their small glowing screens and operating their devices in [...]