Teresa Scassa

University of Ottawa - Common Law Section

Canada Research Chair in Information Law

57 Louis Pasteur Street

Ottawa, K1N 6N5

Canada

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Scholarly Papers (42)

1.

Administrative Law and the Governance of Automated Decision-Making: A Critical Look at Canada’s Directive on Automated Decision-Making

Forthcoming, (2021) 54:1 University of British Columbia Law Review
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 10 Dec 2020
Teresa Scassa
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
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artificial intelligence, automated decision making, AI, administrative law, algorithmic impact assessment

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Data Ownership

CIGI Papers No. 187, Ottawa Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2018-26
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 11 Oct 2018
Teresa Scassa
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
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Artificial Intelligence and the Law in Canada

Florian Martin-Bariteau & Teresa Scassa, eds., Artificial Intelligence and the Law in Canada (Toronto: LexisNexis Canada, 2021)
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 05 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 04 Mar 2022
Florian Martin-Bariteau and Teresa Scassa
Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
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AI; law; Canada

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A Human Rights-Based Approach to Data Protection in Canada

in Dubois, E. and Martin-Bariteau, F. (eds.), Citizenship in a Connected Canada: A Research and Policy Agenda, Ottawa, ON: University of Ottawa Press (2020), Ottawa Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2020-26
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 30 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 05 Nov 2020
Teresa Scassa
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
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Artificial Intelligence in Canadian Healthcare: Will the Law Protect Us from Algorithmic Bias Resulting in Discrimination?

Bradley Henderson, Colleen M. Flood, and Teresa Scassa, “Artificial Intelligence in Canadian Healthcare: Will the Law Protect Us from Algorithmic Bias Resulting in Discrimination?” (2021) 19:2 Canadian Journal of Law and Technology (Forthcoming), Ottawa Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2021-24
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 02 Nov 2021
Bradley Henderson, Colleen M. Flood and Teresa Scassa
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa - Faculty of Law and University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
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Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare, Health Data, Algorithmic Bias, Data Bias, Algorithmic Discrimination, Health Data Governance, Medical Device Regulation.

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AI and Data Protection Law

in Florian Martin-Bariteau & Teresa Scassa, eds., Artificial Intelligence and the Law in Canada (Toronto: LexisNexis Canada, 2021)
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 03 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 04 Mar 2022
Teresa Scassa
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
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AI, privacy, data protection, canada

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Designing Data Governance for Data Sharing: Lessons from Sidewalk Toronto

(2020) Technology & Regulation 44-56. (Special Issue: Governing Data as a Resource), online: https://techreg.org/index.php/techreg/article/view/51.
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 10 Dec 2020
Teresa Scassa
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
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data governance, smart cities, privacy, data protection, data ownership, data sharing, data trust

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A Modern Copyright Framework for Artificial Intelligence: IP Scholars' Joint Submission to the Canadian Government Consultation

Queen's University Legal Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 24 May 2022
Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Queen's University - Faculty of Law, McMaster University Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia, Civil Law Faculty, University of Windsor, Faculty of Law, Schulich School of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary, University of Alberta - Faculty of Law, University of Toronto - Faculty of Law, Toronto Metropolitan University, University of British Columbia (UBC), Faculty of Law, Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University, University of Ottawa - Common Law Section and University of Windsor - Faculty of Law
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Copyright, Intellectual Property, Law, Artificial Intelligence, AI, Authorship, TDM, Fair Dealing, Technological Neutrality

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Privacy, Ethics, and Contact-tracing Apps

Teresa Scassa, Jason Millar and Kelly Bronson, "Privacy, Ethics, and Contact-tracing Apps", in C.M. Flood, V. MacDonnell, J. Philpott, S. Thériault and S. Venkatapuram, eds. Vulnerable: The Law and Policy of COVID-19, University of Ottawa Press, 2020., Ottawa Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2020-23
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 24 Jul 2020
Teresa Scassa, Jason Millar and Kelly Bronson
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section, University of Ottawa and Independent
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COVID-19, ethics, privacy, contact-tracing, contact-tracing app

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New First Principles? Assessing the Internet's Challenges to Jurisdiction

Georgetown Journal of International Law, Vol. 42, 2011
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 24 Jul 2012
Teresa Scassa and Robert J. Currie
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section and Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law
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Internet, jurisdiction, extraterritorial, international law, globalization

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AI Medical Scribes: Addressing Privacy and AI Risks with an Emergent Solution to Primary Care Challenges

(2025) 3 TMU Law Review
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 27 Feb 2025
Teresa Scassa and Daniel Kim
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section and University of Ottawa - Faculty of Law
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artificial intelligence, AI governance, privacy, AI medical scribes, AI scribes

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Public Sector Use of Private Sector Personal Data: Towards Best Practices

Forthcoming, (2024) 47:2 Dalhousie Law Journal, Ottawa Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2023-13
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 13 Aug 2023
Teresa Scassa
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
Downloads 480 (129,041)

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personal data, privacy, data protection, data governance, data policy, data ethics, transparency

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Sharing Data in the Platform Economy: A Public Interest Argument for Access to Platform Data

UBC Law Review, Vol. 50:4, 2017, Ottawa Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2018-08
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 30 Nov 2017
Teresa Scassa
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
Downloads 462 (135,220)
Citation 1

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sharing economy, platform economy, data, data scraping, open data

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Developing Privacy Best Practices for Direct-to-Public Legal Apps: Observations and Lessons Learned

(2020) 18:1 Canadian Journal of Law and Technology (Forthcoming), Ottawa Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2019-35
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 15 Oct 2019
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section, University of Ottawa - Faculty of LawUniversity of Ottawa - Common Law Section, University of Ottawa - Common Law Section and University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
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access to justice, technology, legal apps, legal technology, privacy

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Ambush Marketing Legislation to Protect Olympic Sponsors: A Step Too Far in the Name of Brand Protection?

B. Courtney Doagoo, Mistrale Goudreau, Madelaine Saginur, and Teresa Scassa, eds. Intellectual Property for the 21st Century: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Irwin Law, 2014.
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 07 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 09 Oct 2015
Teresa Scassa and Benoit Séguin
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section and University of Ottawa
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Ambush marketing, olympics, sponsorship, intellectual property

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Promoting Transparency While Protecting Privacy in Open Government in Canada

Alberta Law Review, Forthcoming, Ottawa Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2015-34
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 14 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 25 Nov 2015
Teresa Scassa and Amy Conroy
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section and University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law
Downloads 398 (160,677)
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privacy, transparency, open data, proactive disclosure, big data, personal information

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Originality and Utilitarian Works: The Uneasy Relationship between Copyright Law and Unfair Competition

University of Ottawa Law & Technology Journal, Vol. 1, p. 51, 2003-2004
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 04 Aug 2005
Teresa Scassa
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
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originality, copyright, unfair competition, compilations, originalité, droit d'auteur, concurrence déloyale, compilations

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Balancing Transparency and Accountability with Privacy in Improving the Police Handling of Sexual Assaults

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 02 Dec 2015
Amy Conroy and Teresa Scassa
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law and University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
Downloads 316 (207,030)
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privacy, transparency, sexual assault, access to information, policing

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Law Enforcement in the Age of Big Data and Surveillance Intermediaries: Transparency Challenges

(2017) 14:2 SCRIPTed 239-284 DOI: 10.2966/scrip.140217.239 , Ottawa Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2018-04
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 22 Dec 2017
Teresa Scassa
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
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big data, transparency, data analytics, privacy, social media, social media data analytics, police, surveillance

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A Reasonable Apprehension of AI Bias: Lessons from R v. RDS

McGill Law Journal, Forthcoming, Ottawa Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2024-01
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 21 Mar 2024
Teresa Scassa
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
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artificial intelligence, bias, AI bias, AI discrimination, AI, discriminatory bias, automated decision-making, automated decision making

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Interests in the Balance

IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST: THE FUTURE OF CANADIAN COPYRIGHT LAW, M. Geist, ed., Toronto: Irwin Law, 2005
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 21 Oct 2010
Teresa Scassa
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
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copyright law, balance, creators, intellectual property law

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Open Data and Privacy

Scassa, Teresa (2018) “Public draft: Open Data & Privacy” In: The State of Open Data, edited by Tim Davies, Stephen Walker, Mor Rubinstein, and Fernando Perini (2019, Forthcoming). , Ottawa Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2018-29
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 17 Oct 2018
Teresa Scassa
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
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privacy, open data, open government, big data, data protection

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A Modern Copyright Framework for the Internet of Things (IoT): Intellectual Property Scholars' Joint Submission to the Canadian Government Consultation

Queen's University Legal Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 24 Jun 2022
University of Windsor, Faculty of Law, Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University, University of Michigan Law School, Queen's University - Faculty of Law, McMaster University Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Schulich School of Law, University of Alberta - Faculty of Law, University of Toronto - Faculty of Law, Toronto Metropolitan University, University of British Columbia (UBC), Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa - Common Law Section and University of Windsor - Faculty of Law
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Copyright, Canadian Copyright Reform, Intellectual Property, Internet of Things, IoT, Technological Protection Measure, TPM, Right to Repair, Personal Property, Follow-on innovation

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Public Transit Data Through an Intellectual Property Lens: Lessons About Open Data

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 19 Feb 2015
Teresa Scassa
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
Downloads 207 (316,997)
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intellectual property, open data, copyright, public transit

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Trademarks Worth a Thousand Words: Freedom of Expression and the Use of the Trademarks of Others

Les Cahiers de droit (2012) 53:4 887
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 22 Jun 2014
Teresa Scassa
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
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copyright, trademark, trademark bullying, Trade-marks Act, droit d'auteur, marque de commerce, poursuite abusive, Loi sur les marques de commerce

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Intellectual Property and the Licensing of Canadian Government Geospatial Data: An Examination of Geoconnections’ Recommendations for Best Practices and Template Licences

The Canadian Geographer/Le Géographe Canadien, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 10 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 25 May 2014
Elizabeth F. Judge and Teresa Scassa
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section and University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
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Copyright, Licensing, Intellectual Property, Geospatial Data, Government Data, Crown Copyright, GeoConnections

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Global Reach, Local Grasp: Constructing Extraterritorial Jurisdiction in the Age of Globalization

Candaian Journal of Law and Technology, Vol. 6, No. 1, March 2007
Number of pages: 91 Posted: 21 Jul 2012
Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University and University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
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globalization, transnational interaction, national, legal jurisdiction, government

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Privacy by the Wayside: The New Information Superhighway, Data Privacy, and Intelligent Transportation Systems

(2011) 74:1 Saskatchewan Law Review 87-135
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 01 Jan 2013
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section, University of Ottawa - Common Law Section and University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
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ITS, informational privacy, privacy law, intelligent transportation systems, data privacy

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Intellectual Property for the 21st Century: Interdisciplinary Approaches

B. Courtney Doagoo, Mistrale Goudreau, Madelaine Saginur and Teresa Scassa. Intellectual Property for the 21st Century: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Irwin Law, 2014.
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 07 Oct 2015
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa - Faculty of Law and University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law
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interdisciplinarity, interdisciplinary, intellectual property law, copyright, patent, trademark

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The Cost(s) of Open Geospatial Data

Johnson PA, Sieber RE, Scassa T, Stephens M, Robinson PJ. The Cost(s) of Geospatial Open Data. Transactions in GIS. 2017;21:434–445. DOI: 10.1111/tgis.12283
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 24 Jul 2017
University of Waterloo - Department of Geography and Environmental Management, McGill University, University of Ottawa - Common Law Section, Department of Geography and Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) - School of Urban & Regional Planning
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open data, open government, spatial data infrastructures, technology adoption, technology impacts

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Antisocial Trademarks

(2013) 103:5 Trademark Reporter 1172-1213
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 02 Apr 2014
Teresa Scassa
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
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trademarks, intellectual property, disparaging marks, morality

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Open or Closed? Open Licensing of Real-Time Public Sector Transit Data

(2016) Journal of e-Democracy 8:2, 1-19, Ottawa Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2017-02
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 19 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2017
Teresa Scassa and Alexandra Diebel
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section and University of Ottawa, Common Law Section, Students
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open data, real-time data, transit data, intellectual property, licensing

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Copyright Reform and Fact-Based Works

FROM RADICAN EXTREMISM TO FAIR AND BALANCED COPYRIGHT, M. Geist, ed., Toronto: Irwin Law, 2010
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 20 Oct 2010
Teresa Scassa
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
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copyright law, intellectual property, compilations

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Legal Issues with Volunteered Geographic Information

(2013) 57:1 Canadian Geographer
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 07 Mar 2014
Teresa Scassa
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
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volunteered geographic information, copyright, privacy, legal issues

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Consumer Privacy and Radio Frequency Identification Technology

Ottawa Law Review, Vol. 37, No. 2, 2006
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 09 Jan 2016
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section, Dalhousie University, Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law and University of British Columbia (UBC), Faculty of Law
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Nickled and Dimed: The Dispute Over Intellectual Property Rights in the Bluenose II

(2004) 27 Dalhousie L.J. 293-320
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 07 Oct 2015
Teresa Scassa
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
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Intellectual Property, Trademarks, Copyright, Official Marks, Public Domain

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Navigating Legal Rights in Spatial Media

Forthcoming, 2016, in Kitchin, Lauriault & Wilson, eds. Understanding Spatial Media, Sage Publications.
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 10 Nov 2015
Teresa Scassa
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
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Intellectual property, data licence, open data, copyright, patent, terms of use, spatial data

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Open Data and Official Language Regimes

Ottawa Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2015-33
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 13 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 26 Nov 2015
Teresa Scassa and Niki Singh
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section and University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law
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open data, official languages, language policy, open government

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Text and Context: Making Sense of Canada's New Personal Information Protection Legislation

Ottawa Law Review, Vol. 32, No. 1, 2000
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 01 Feb 2016
Teresa Scassa
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
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sponsorship, trademarks, freedom of expression, unfair competition

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Journalistic Purposes and Private Sector Data Protection Legislation: Blogs, Tweets, and Information Maps

Posted: 10 Oct 2010
Teresa Scassa
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section

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data protection, privacy, journalism, geographic information, maps

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Geographical Information as 'Personal Information'

Posted: 10 Oct 2010
Teresa Scassa
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section

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data protection, privacy, personal information, geographic information