CIPPIC's Past Work

Past Court Interventions

• R v Downes, 2023 SCC 6.
• Rogers Media v Doe, 2022 FC 775.
• Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers v Entertainment Software Association, 2022 SCC 30.
• York University v Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright), 2021 SCC 32.
• Reference re Subsection 18.3(1) of the Federal Courts Act, 2021 FC 723.
• Uber Technologies Inc. v Heller, 2020 SCC 16.
• Teksavvy Solutions Inc v Bell Media Inc, 2020 FCA 108.
• Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov, 2019 SCC 65.
• Keatley Surveying Ltd. v. Teranet Inc., 2019 SCC 43.
• R v Mills, 2019 SCC 22.
• R v Jarvis, 2019 SCC 10.
• TELUS Communications Inc. v. Wellman, 2019 SCC 19.
• Cooperstock v United Airlines, Inc., No. A-262-17.
• British Columbia v. Philip Morris International, Inc., 2018 SCC 36.
• Haaretz.com v. Goldhar, 2018 SCC 28.
• R v Reeves, 2018 SCC 56.
• R v Marakah, 2017 SCC 59.
• R v Jones, 2017 SCC 60.
• CBC v SODRAC, 2015 SCC 57.

Other Interventions

• April 27, 2022 – Petition to Governor in Council concerning Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2022-76.
• July 15, 2020 – CRTC 2019-0057.
• October 2, 2018 – CRTC 2018-384.

Commentary / Blogs

• December 9, 2024 –Student Kate Winiarz on Copyright and the Non-consensual Disclosure of Intimate Images.
• December 4, 2024 – Student Brianna Workman on Open-Source AI Models.
• November 29, 2024 – Student Lauren Hass on Developments in Patent Law.
• November 21, 2024 – Student Aram Ebrahimi on Copyright Issues.
• November 13, 2024 – Student Mustata Clara on the recent FCA ruling on Facebook.
• October 29, 2024 – Student Drew May on the Online Streaming Act.
• October 24, 2024 – Volunteer Eve Gaumond on ChatGPT for Legal Purposes.
• September 11, 2024 – Student Melissa Dupuis-Crane on [CIPPIC Research on Age Assurance Systems] (https://www.cippic.ca/articles/cippic-submision-on-age-assurance).
• August 8, 2024 – Student Chris Irwin on Libraries and Copyright.
• August 8, 2024 – Student Drew May on the Online News Act.
• July 9, 2024 – Student Chris Irwin on Personal Information in Mergers.
• July 4, 2024 – CIPPIC on its Privacy and VR Reality Research.
• June 21, 2024 – Student Drew May on VR Headsets.
• June 10, 2024 – Student Naomi Brearley on Fashion Law.
• April 25, 2024 – General Counsel David Fewer on 20 Years of Fair Dealing.
• April 25, 2024 – Student Jordan Geist on Fair Use and AI.
• April 25, 2024 – CIPPIC Student on Text and Data Mining.
• September 29, 2023 – General Counsel David Fewer on the FCA’s Google Search Case.
• April 21, 2021 – Former Staff Counsel Tamir Israel on the CRTC and Cell Phone Competition.
• March 6, 2019 – Students Nathan Hoo, Johann Kwan, and Stéphane MacLean on Canada Post.
• January 18, 2019 – Students Liz Gray and Stéphane MacLean on Data-Driven Direct Marketing.
• January 14, 2019 – Students Nathan Hoo and Rex Yeung on Statistics Canada and Data Brokers.
• January 9, 2019 – Students Johann Kwan and Lily Wang on Two Data Brokers.
• December 5, 2018 – Students Johann Kwan on Several Data Brokers.
• November 23, 2018 – Student Sara Shayan on Ways Forward from the Equifax Breach.
• November 21, 2018 – Student Sara Shayan on Background to the Equifax Breach.
• November 19, 2018 – Student Dustin Moores on ETHI’s PIPEDA Recommendations.
• November 16, 2018 – Student Dustin Moores on Data Breach Notifcations.
• November 14, 2018 – Student Dustin Moores on Data Broker Regulation.
• November 12, 2018 – Student Dustin Moores on Data Brokers and Fairness.
• November 9, 2018 – Student Dustin Moores on Data Brokers and Democracy.
• November 9, 2018 – Student Dustin Moores on Misuse of Data and Harms to Democracy.
• November 8, 2018 – Student Dustin Moores on Data Brokers Online Stalking.
• November 1, 2018 – Student Dustin Moores on What Data Brokers Do.
• November 1, 2018 – Student Dustin Moores on CIPPIC’s Data Brokers Project.
• November 1, 2018 – An Introduction to the Data Brokers Project.
• October 18, 2018 – Former Staff Counsel Tamir Israel on a Recent EFF White Paper.
• June 28, 2018 – Civil Society on Cross-Border Data Access.
• June 19, 2018 – CIPPIC on the Digital Rights Now Petition.

Past Submissions, Consultations, and Reports

• April 2024 – CIPPIC’s Submission in the federal government consultation on Copyright in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence.
• June 2023 – CIPPIC’s Submission on children’s privacy rights and Bill C-27.
• June 2023 – CIPPIC’s Submission on shortcomings with the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act.
• March 2023 – CIPPIC’s Report on problems with the Online News Act.
• September 2021 – CIPPIC’s Report on the proposed Online Harm’s Bill.
• September 2021 – CIPPIC’s Submission on Copyright, AI, and IoT.
• April 2021 – CIPPIC’s Submission on Copyright Term Extension.
• September 2020 – CIPPIC’s Report on Facial Recognition Technology.
• July 2020 – CIPPIC’s Report on CDA 230.
• March 2020 – CIPPIC’s Report on Emerging Digital Stewardship Models.
• April 2006 – CIPPIC’s Report on the Data Brokerage Industry.
• March 2020 – CIPPIC’s Submission on Regulating AI.
• January 2018 – CIPPIC’s Submission on the CSE Act Falling Short.
• November 2018 – CIPPIC’s Report on Bike Counting.
• October 2018 – CIPPIC’s Report on Electronic Devices and Privacy.
• June 2018 – CIPPIC’s Joint Statement on the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime.
• May 2018 – CIPPIC’s Report on Shining a Light on the Encryption Debate.
• December 2017 – CIPPIC’s Report on the Communications Security Establishment Act and Bill C-59.

Past Research

• 2024 – Ready for Prime Time? Are Age Assurance Systems Sophisticated Enough to Verify Users’ Age Without Breaching Their Privacy Rights? (Consultation to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada).
• 2024 – Making Privacy More Than a Virtual Reality: The Challegnes of Extending Canadian Privacy Law to Extended Reality (FR).
• 2020 Data Governance.

Past FAQs

• December 9, 2021 – Former Staff Counsel Tamir Israel on CRTC Proceedings.
• August 15, 2014 – Reseautage social.

Past Appearances

• December 5, 2024 – Director Matt Malone at the Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs (Bill C-26).
• December 4, 2023 – Director Matt Malone at the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy, and Ethics (Harvesting of Social Media Data by Foreign Entities).
• November 28, 2022 – Director Matt Malone at the Standing Committee on Access to information, Privacy, and Ethics (ArriveCAN).
• October 18, 2022 – Former Director Vivek Krishnamurthy at the Senate Standing Committee on Transport and Communications (Bill C-11).
• December 8, 2020 – Former Staff Counsel Tamir Israel at the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science, and Technology (Affordability of Telecommunications Services) (Written Submission).
• November 5, 2018 – General Counsel David Fewer at the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology (Statutory Review of the Copyright Act) (Written Submission). February 19, 2015 – Former Staff Counsel Tamir Israel at the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science, and Technology.
• March 8, 2011 – General Counsel David Fewer at the House of Commons (Bill C-32).

Questions

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