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Advertising to Children, Invite-a-Friend, and the State of Consent – Friday Files
Looking for some weekend reading to catch up on developments? Here are three noteworthy developments and blog posts to consider. Marketing to Children? The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has released a welcome guide to complying with the U.S. Children’s Online… Read More ›
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Update on “All-In” Travel Industry Pricing
The Ontario government is proposing to extend the “all-in pricing” rule to cover travel agents and wholesalers located outside of Ontario who target their advertising of travel services to Ontarians. Since January 1, 2017, travel agents and wholesalers located in… Read More ›
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Influencer Disclosures on Instagram
Using online influencers can be a compelling marketing strategy for many companies. However, social posts contain product or services endorsements fall squarely within the endorsement guidelines issued by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the Canadian Competition Bureau, which require… Read More ›
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PIPEDA Guide – New Edition Submitted
A big thank you to everyone who gave me some suggestions for the next edition of the Guide to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, published by Lexis Nexis. In addition to updating the Guide for recent cases,… Read More ›
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Worldwide Injunction OK’d By SCC
“You don’t have the power to do that.” That’s a hard argument to make to a judge. It is an even harder argument to make before the nine judges of the Supreme Court of Canada. That’s essentially what Google needed… Read More ›
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PIPEDA Guide – Suggestions welcome
Help me plan the next edition of the PIPEDA Guide.
