Accessing Information
Be a Part of Drafting Principles for Digital BC
By Eseohe Ojo on January 29, 2020 | Tagged with Advocacy, BCGov, Digital Rights, Draft Principles
The Digital Tattoo Project was recently invited by the Government of British Columbia to review and share feedback on the Draft Principles for Digital BC and you can too! The Digital Principles in Context These Digital Principles are envisioned to be part of an interconnected set of guidance and standards for all BC Public […]
Understanding your Right to Know – FOI 101
By Eseohe Ojo on November 1, 2019 | Tagged with FOI, IDUAI
September 28 is celebrated as the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) and the week around this day is sometimes commemorated as Freedom of Information (FOI) Week. As part of FOI week this year, the BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association (FIPA) where former Digital Tattoo Project Coordinator, Bryan Short is now […]
Recourse for Hacked Data – Part 2
By Jason Cheung on April 9, 2019 | Tagged with corporate responsibility, Data, data abuse, Data Protection, data regulation, data security, Hacking, information fiduciary, private data
In this second half, we will look at: Are there adequate legal repercussions for losing customer data to hackers? Ways to assess the strength of a potential information fiduciary before doing business and creating an account Critical perspectives Are there adequate consequences for information fiduciaries if they expose my data? The difficulty in establishing liability […]
Recourse for Hacked Data – Part 1
By Jason Cheung on April 2, 2019 | Tagged with corporate responsibility, Data, data abuse, Data Protection, data regulation, data security, Hacking, information fiduciary, private data
In this two-part blog post, we will look at: What is an ‘information fiduciary’? What you should do when an information fiduciary you trust gets hacked? Are there adequate legal repercussions for losing customer data to hackers? Ways to assess the strength of a potential information fiduciary before doing business and creating an account What […]
New on the Podcast: An Interview with the Information and Privacy Commissioner for B.C., Michael McEvoy
By bryan short on September 13, 2018 | Tagged with digital tattoo podcast
The Digital Tattoo Podcast – Episode 6 With a federal election approaching in Canada, I sat down with the Michael McEvoy, the Information and Privacy for British Columbia, and talked about potential threats to the democratic process. We also discussed how the role of his office is changing and what he learned as a lead […]
The Relationship Between You and Institutional Software
By Jason Cheung on August 21, 2018 | Tagged with Canvas, Codes of Conduct, Enterprise Software Licensing, FIPPA, Institutional Software, Instructure, Licensing, LMS, policy, privacy policy, Software Licensing, Student Rights, University of Toronto
Introduction Recently, the University of Toronto decided to switch its Learning Management System (LMS), Blackboard Learn [1] by Blackboard Inc., to Canvas [2] by Instructure. The newly installed LMS is named Quercus, a branded instance of Canvas built for the University of Toronto. This change in software sparked questions for the Digital Tattoo team to find out: […]
Ownership of Content in Your Digital Life – World Wide Web (Part 2)
By Jason Cheung on July 16, 2018 | Tagged with content ownership, copyleft, Data Ownership, GPL, intellectual property, joint intellectual work, shareware, web hosting
What Do You Own on Your Website? In our previous article, we took a look at the content ownership agreements that exist between social media users and the companies behind Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. In short, we learned that as part of the agreement to use their services, users agree to give these companies a […]
Ownership of Content in Your Digital Life – Social Media (Part 1)
By Jason Cheung on July 9, 2018 | Tagged with Content Licensing, Data Capitalism, Data Colonialism, Data for Services, Data Imperialism, Data Merchanting, Data Ownership, Data Payment, Social media, Terms of Service, Third Wave Capitalism, toffler, Value of Data
Snap, Click, Post, Like: the normal rhythm of a social media user, who uses popular social media/sharing sites to broadcast stories from their day-to-day lives to the world. Most users are content with their relationship with social sharing platforms, so long as the service is uninterrupted. Social sharing platforms allow users to share their lives, […]
How to Access Information Collected From Your Digital Accounts
By Jason Cheung on June 11, 2018 | Tagged with Access My Info, Citizen Lab, Data, freedom of information, Munk School of Global Affairs, Office of the privacy commissioner, PIPEDA, privacy, Privacy Act, terms and conditions, transparency
Terms and Conditions – TL;DR: Take My Data Terms and conditions of use often bind users to agreements in unsuspecting ways about the use, storage, sale, transfer, and deletion of their account, data, or identity. Examples include popular software such as Twitter, which stipulates that they can profit from selling your pictures without prior […]
30.1: The Fight for Data Sovereignty
By bryan short on May 26, 2017 | Tagged with 30.1, data, Data, Data sovereignty, FIPPA
This blog series questions the risks that we’re willing to assume and examines the hazards that are present in the current information technology landscape. Although it’s never a one-size-fits-all situation, British Columbia’s current legal framework has a specific provision that affects everyone in the province. Why it matters This year, there have been a few anecdotal reports of travellers from Canada being […]
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