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Canada's Supreme Court holds stricter standards apply to search of texts

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • April 1 2013

On March 27, the Supreme Court of Canada held that the police must obtain a judicial wiretap order to get text message records from service providers

Mobile app developers must safeguard privacy: new guidelines introduced in Canada and the U.S.

  • Bereskin & Parr LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • December 6 2012

This October, the Federal, Alberta, and British Columbia privacy commissioners released guidelines to help mobile application developers comply with Canada’s federal and provincial privacy laws

Coming soon to a country near you: Canada’s e-mail marketing regulations. Iinitial guidelines leave unanswered questions

  • Fredrikson & Byron PA
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  • Canada, USA
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  • November 21 2012

U.S. companies that send marketing e-mails to customers in Canada, have been long awaiting further news and guidance about Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL), which was passed in December of 2010 but has not yet gone into effect

Global action taken against global Microsoft Imposter telemarketing scam

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Australia, Canada, Global, USA
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  • September 28 2012

Joint action between the ACMA, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Canadian Radio television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has led to court orders being obtained against US-based and India-based parties involved in the global 'Microsoft Imposter' phone scam

Apple’s win could put smartphone competitors in a pinch

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • August 30 2012

A jury ruling in Apple’s favour over Samsung in the United States District Court could have a chilling effect on rivals, and leave them scrambling for alternatives to common touch-screen gestures used in consumer electronic devices

Iridium venture to track aircraft via satellite

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • June 22 2012

A new joint venture established this week by mobile satellite service firm Iridium will provide satellite-based navigation, tracking and related services to the commercial airline industry that, eventually, may replace ground-based radar systems

The mobile market

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • April 30 2012

A paper published by Public Knowledge on April 23, 2012 analyzes wireless data caps and so-called "usage-based billing.”

The mobile market

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • March 19 2012

On March 14, 2012, Canada’s Minister of Industry Christian Paradis announced “we will be amending the Telecommunications Act.” The Ministry will largely remove all restrictions on foreign investment of Canadian telecommunications companies, allowing non-Canadian entities to own 100 of firms having less than 10 market share

US, Canada and Mexico in a 4G spectrum sharing deal

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Canada, Mexico, USA
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  • October 17 2011

The US Federal Communications Commission has announced that it has worked out deals with Mexico and Canada that would allow the sharing of certain frequencies of wireless spectrum in border areas

Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • Canada, United Kingdom, USA
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  • October 12 2010

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has affirmed three lower court rulings concluding that federal agents' computer searches relating to the use of steroids in professional baseball violated the Fourth Amendment