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News Canada Supreme Court broadens journalists’ rights to protect sources
Canada Supreme Court broadens journalists’ rights to protect sources
Julia Zebley
October 22, 2010 02:08:28 pm

The Supreme Court of Canada on Friday expanded journalists' rights to protect sources while testifying.The decision, delivered by Justice Louis LeBel, expanded a May Supreme Court ruling that denied journalists the overarching ability to guarantee...

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News Canada privacy commissioner finds Google breached privacy laws
Canada privacy commissioner finds Google breached privacy laws
Julia Zebley
October 19, 2010 02:44:12 pm

Canadian Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart announced Tuesday that Google was in violation of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) when it unintentionally captured personal information while taking...

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Treaty of Trianon concludes WWI between Allies and Hungary

On June 4, 1920, the Allies and Hungary signed the Treaty of Trianon, which concluded peace between the two sides after World War I. The treaty cost Hungary 72% of its territory, which went primarily to Romania, Czechoslovakia, and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

US Supreme Court ruled wiretapping legal to secure evidence in police investigations

On June 4, 1928, in Olmstead v. United States, the US Supreme Court decided that wiretapping private telephone conversations to secure evidence was permissible.

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