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Get it Fast or Get it Right: the Trade-Offs of Using ChatGPT for Legal Purposes

Oct 24, 2024Artificial Intelligence

For now, lawyers who use ChatGPT to save time must be comfortable with a certain amount of cut corners: the chatbot sprinkles inaccuracies in otherwise excellent answers and convincingly pretends to know about cases it has never heard of—these mistakes are too insidious to catch the eye of those in a hurry.

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Online Streaming Act showdown may spook streamers.

Oct 29, 2024

The federal government may be risking a repeat of the Online News Act debacle by playing chicken with online streaming platforms over payments to Canadian cultural funds.

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Libraries as Public Interest Users in the Copyright Balance

Aug 8, 2024Copyright, Accessibility, Innovation

Canadian copyright cases often make reference to balancing protection of and access to copyrighted works, or to balancing the rights of creators against users or the public interest. However, these simple categories of creators and users ignore the variety within each of these categories...

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One year later, has the Online News Act actually helped the Canadian news industry?

Jul 29, 2024Communications, Digital Expression, Open Information

The Online News Act aimed to help calm the financial seas for Canadian news organizations, but a year later the waters remain choppy with infighting, financial woes, and disappointment.

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The Federal Court of Appeal ruled against Facebook for breach of Canadian Privacy Law by failing to obtain meaningful consent and protect user data

Nov 13, 2024Communications, Consumer Protection, Data, Digital Expression, Privacy, Security

In a landmark decision, the Federal Court of Appeal overturned a lower court decision involving Facebook’s (now known as Meta) breach of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).

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uOttawa Law Students: January Academic Internships Application Deadline November 1

Oct 25, 2024

Work with us full time for three weeks in January.

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CIPPIC Submision on Age Assurance

Sep 11, 2024Privacy, Surveillance

In September, CIPPIC participated in the Office of the Privacy Commissioner's exploratory consultation on privacy and age assurance. The submission questions whether age assurance systems can effectively determine a user's age without breaching privacy rights. It also proposes a tool designed to assess whether an age assurance system is truly privacy preserving.

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CIPPIC's internship programs offer students an opportunity to work with experienced lawyers on real-life, cutting-edge legal issues arising from the use of new technologies.

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