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Section 184 of the Canadian Criminal Code and Foreign Actors
This is inspired by recent events, but I will not be naming names.
My understanding of section 184 is that people in Canada are allowed to intercept communications by any means provided that they ...
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Is there a specific law protecting undersea cables?
It is in the news that the Yemeni republic are saying the Houthis may target the undersea communication cables that run through the red sea.
Shipping is protected by specific international treaties ...
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How would one go about a DBA on the internet?
AFAIK a DBA (Doing business as) needs to be for the target market, not for the place of the business. If I'm wrong, that's that.
If I'm correct, then how would one who is selling over the internet to (...
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Are Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo and other search engines allowed to copy website text because of the copyright fair use exception? [duplicate]
These sites certainly send bots out that copy the entirety of websites by stepping through links and then store the entirety of websites in databases.
Then they show any part of a quote from a website ...
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Ensuring Worldwide Legal Compliance for an App
When selling an app, developers need to meet the legal requirements of each country in which they sell the app.
In practice, this seems like an impossible task because there are so many different ...
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If a crime happens between two parties in different countries over the internet, what laws apply? [duplicate]
Lets say, for the sake of example, it's a severe crime (punishable by jail time) in the United States to say that someone stinks.
Person A is from Brazil where no such law exists
Person B is from the ...
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On the Term "Commercial Use" and the Usage of an Apparently Free Font
I am in the process of finishing up a book which I anticipate will be published in the United States.
For the book's cover, I would like to make use of a font that is freely downloadable; and, as far ...
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International sexting and suicide threaths
Im here asking for someone very dear to me whose been struggling with something similar. So let's take this as a hypothethical question.
Let's assume a girl (18 from Slovakia) and a boy (17 from ...
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Do I need to present a GDPR banner to IP addresses outside of GDPR regions?
The context of my question comes from this comment:
The problem with solving GDPR compliance with country codes is, it is not in general sufficient to determine if a user is covered by the GDPR. The ...
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Does the federal government of USA have any powers over functioning of ICANN
Since the very inception of the internet, as we know it today, USA had a pivotal role to play including in the management of DNS (Domain Name System). However internet evolved to be more free.
However,...
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How a country can fine an Internet company from another country?
Recently France fined Google. Google intends to comply. Why? How a country can fine an Internet company from another country? I understand that Google's business is mostly ads. As long as France is ...
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Is it illegal to give advice to a 17 year old girl who wants to pursue a 50 year old man once she turns 18?
I met a girl on an internet forum who expressed how she at 17 years old liked an older man (a 50 year old). As I am someone who had a similar experience (but I was an 18 year old woman, so legal) she ...
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Are online stores supposed to state the true "order cost"/value of an order on the package/envelope for the customs?
I bought an electronic device for about £200 (GBP) from a UK online store to a nearby country where I live. When the package finally arrived, a few weeks later, it stated "£20" for the value ...
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Is it legal for an 18 year old moroccan man to sext a 17 year old vietnamese girl?
Say a hypothetical 18 year old man from morocco has been texting a vietnamese girl online, and they mostly just talk about hobbies and common interests but she started sexualizing the conversation, ...
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Conflicting different country laws when browsing the Internet, as you connect to servers worldwide [duplicate]
When a user browses the Internet, downloads or views content and websites, which law are they under, the law from its own country, from where they are browsing the Internet, or the law from the ...
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As a French citizen owning an Estonian company, can I be sued for that company activity by another French company under French law?
Within the following situation:
I have the French nationality.
I have an Estonian company, created as part of the e-Residency program.
This company purpose is doing "web scraping", ...
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Liability for hyperlinking
Is there any jurisdiction which holds a website liable for policies of another website for hyperlinking to that website.Liability refers to any requirement like tracking number of link clicks or ...
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Can choosing a username with corporate terms be a violation of the law?
I recently answered this excellent question on the Software Recommendations SE: Method/Software to rename multiple files in ascending numerical order regardless of file type?
I just noticed the ...
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Who owns the work created on freelance platforms like Fiverr?
Imagine this scenario: I go on Fiverr and hire an artist to create a piece of artwork for me. Everything went well, the artist created the piece, I'm happy with it and I paid for it.
Now, who owns the ...
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Can I flight check-in on someone’s else behalf?
I am not sure if this is the right place to post this and if not please guide me to correct forum.
I am building a software that’ll help travellers with their flights. It’ll auto check-in to the ...
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Same name in social networks, same product, different country, changed it as soon as it came to my knowledge, untangible goods
I started a business reading tarot online, using a Facebook and Instagram page. My attempt was to do this bilingually. At the time I started it I didn't know there was another woman in another country ...
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Do I need to ask for permission to use tokens?
I know that you need to ask the user for permission to use cookies. However I use OAuth from Google Firebase. OAuth works with tokens instead of cookie-authentication, however, for the user it makes ...
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Some of my personal information was made public some time ago as a school project. Can I legally demand removal of said information?
Some years ago, as a group project in school, I and my group published on a certain page (REDACTED.wordpress.com) information including things like my name, email, phone number, pictures, etc. It was ...
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Do VPN providers really operate under single jurisdiction, even though their servers are located in many different countries?
For example, ProtonVPN claims in many places (e.g. Transparency Report, Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy) that their service operates "under Swiss law", which, among other things (based on their ...
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Does an intranet site need to comply with cookie laws if it's only used internally
I'm developing an intranet site used by employees of my company. The geographic location of an employee could be anywhere around the world but they will be accessing the intranet website using a VPN.
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Legality of Cyber Attack on illegal foreign website
I live in a country where website that provides pornography, illegal drugs, prostitution, illegal gambling, etc are forbidden (in Indonesia). But foreign websites (ex. from western countries) on those ...
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How does a company, with a multinational presence, establish the correct Jurisdiction to work within?
For the purpose of this question, let's assume an eCommerce company has the following profile:
Registration Location: London;
Distribution and Manufacturing: London;
Domain Name: www.example.co....
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What determines the pertinent regulations on the sale of products and services to passengers in international flight?
I hope someone can help. I am conducting research and have been looking at the Chicago and Tokyo conventions with respect to which convention governs the sale of goods and services to passengers when ...
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"Impersonating" a government agent for an Alternate Reality Game
Say I'm creating an alternate reality game where I want players to be contacted by an FBI agent through email. Ideally, in order for players to remain immersed, the email would appear to be actual ...
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Who can the EU fine?
More broadly... what conditions must exist for a governmental body to enforce its laws on a foreign company?
Concrete example: the European Union fined Google for what it found to be anticompetitive ...
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