Following its year-long “Cad-coin” experiment (conducted in conjunction with the R3 consortium), Canada’s central bank determined that there are still “many hurdles to overcome” before DLT could reliably be deployed as the technology “underpin[ning] an entire wholesale payment system.”
As top artificial intelligence (AI) scientists being lured away to Silicon Valley each year, Canadian officials and technologists are exploring new ways to commercialize their AI expertise. One leading effort, the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence, will receive hundreds of millions in funding from Canada’s government and companies like Google, RBC, and Scotiabank.
This article summarizes a Canadian court’s analysis of whether an ISP subscriber has a reasonable expectation of privacy in his name and address held by his ISP. The court concluded he did not have a reasonable expectation under these facts. The court took note that the ISP was allegedly used by the defendant to commit…
Canadian company puts backdoor in its operating system.
An article summarizing the case can be found here. The Ontario Court of Appeal identified the following elements of the tort: The conduct must be intentional or reckless; The defendant must have invaded, without lawful justification, the plaintiff’s private affairs or concerns; and A reasonable person would regard the invasion as highly offensive, causing distress,…
Is a Canadian regulator going to far by saying police should consult with her before undertaking a large exercise to clean up outstanding warrants? Or is it going to far. Leave a comment and let me know what you think!
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