The Canadian Privacy Law Blog: Developments in privacy law and writings of a Canadian privacy lawyer, containing information related to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (aka PIPEDA) and other Canadian and international laws.
The author of this blog, David T.S. Fraser, is a Canadian privacy lawyer who practices with the firm of McInnes Cooper. He is the author of the Physicians' Privacy Manual. He has a national and international practice advising corporations and individuals on matters related to Canadian privacy laws.
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Monday, March 14, 2005
Fellow Canadian blogger and technology lawyer, Rob Hyndman, is quoted in eWeek discussing the AOL Terms of Service that have caused such a stir recently. I have to say that I agree with his observations about how easy it is to draft something heavily in favour of your client which may not be entirely appropriate given the circumstances. Read his contributions here:
AOL: AIM Conversations Are Safe:"....Rob Hyndman, a technology lawyer based in Ontario, pointed out that the terms of service covers the entire AIM product and does not explicitly exclude instant messaging.
'I think the AOLs of the world don't take the impact their TOS [terms of service] have on users seriously enough, generally because they have market power and the customer doesn't,' Hyndman told eWEEK.com, arguing that the AIM terms of service appears all-encompassing."
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