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May 27, 2019 · Turnitin is an American company with databases located in the United States and Europe, so it is not obligated to follow Canadian privacy laws. For instance, the US government could request access to student Turnitin submissions under the USA PATRIOT Act, or any other law that wouldn’t normally apply to BC residents.
Mar 27, 2008 · The four high school students sued Turnitin for $900,000 last year, arguing that their papers were used against their will to make a profit. Thousands of colleges and universities pay to use the ...
Thank you for the opportunity to share information about Turnitin’s data privacy practices. In our 20 years of operation, Turnitin has served over 15,000 educational institution customers and approximately 34 million high school and higher education students throughout the world.
- The 2012 Copyright Modernization Act. The enactment of the 2012 Copyright Modernization Act in June 2012 brought more than a decade of copyright reform battles to a close and immediately ushered in a new round of debate and lobbying that continues until this day.
- R. v. Spencer: The Reasonable Expectation of Internet Privacy. The longstanding policy debate over lawful access, the circumstances under which law enforcement can require access to Internet subscriber information without a court order, date back to the late 1990s.
- Equustek Solutions v. Google: Global Takedowns Come to Canada. Equustek Solutions v. Google, a 2017 Supreme Court of Canada case that considered the validity of an injunction requiring Google to remove search results on an international basis, attracted global attention from the Internet law community.
- The Copyright Pentalogy: Five Supreme Court Copyright Cases in One Day. In July 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada issued its copyright pentalogy – five copyright decisions in a single day – that simultaneously affirmed the principle of users’ rights in copyright and the inclusion of technological neutrality within the law.
Provincial privacy laws. Every province and territory has its own laws that apply to provincial government agencies and their handling of personal information. Some provinces have private-sector privacy laws that may apply instead of PIPEDA. This means that those laws apply instead of PIPEDA in some cases. These provinces are: Alberta
Jun 16, 2022 · Today, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, together with the Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, introduced the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022, which will significantly strengthen Canada’s private sector privacy law, create new rules for the responsible development and use of artificial ...
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Nov 17, 2020 · Companies could face hefty fines under new Canadian privacy law The federal government is threatening to impose fines that could run to millions of dollars on private companies that violate ...
