Employees Use of Employer's Communication Networks and the Information Highway: Statutes, Regulations, Decisions and Legal Authorities in Canada

STATUTES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING ELECTRONIC NETWORKS IN CANADA

• Access to Information Act 
• Access to Information Regulations
• Canada Evidence Act  
• Copyright Act 
• Canadian Bill of Rights 
• Canadian Human Rights Act 
• Telecommunications Act
• Trade-marks Act

TREASURY BOARD OF CANADA MANUAL

• TB Manual - Communications and Publishing  
• Alternative formats - Access for all 
• Government Communications Policy  
• Government of Canada - Internet Guide 
• Planning Information Products: effective, no-frills publishing practices 
• Policy on the Use of Electronic Networks 

ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PRIVACY: THE INTERNET AND BEYOND

• Privacy and the Canadian Information Highway
• Legal Issues Relating to Internet Web Sites: A Canadian Perspective
• Uniform Electronic Evidence Act: Consultation Paper
• Canada ( Information Commissioner ) v. Canada ( Chairperson, Immigration and Refugee Board )

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW AND EMPLOYMENT

• Copyright Law & Information Technology
• Internet technology causes war of the ages  
• National Forum - The Information Highway and Workplace Issues: Challenges and Opportunities (HRDC - Labour Program)
• Report of the Advisory Committee on the Changing Workplace
• Workplace Privacy in an Era of New Technologies

SURFING THE WEB, EMAIL AND PRIVACY?

• Employer Monitoring of Employee E-mail and Internet Use
• Your Privacy Uncovered: How much does the net know about you?
• Invisible Eyes: Report on Video Surveillance in the Workplace
• Video Surveillance: The Privacy Implications
• Can You Read Your Employee's E-Mail?
• Computers and E-mail on the Job: They're Watching You
• Electronic Monitoring  
• PCs: personal, but not private
• Private Intrusion Response - 11 Harv. J.L. & Tech. 699 (Spring 1998)
• Electronic Interaction in the Workplace: Monitoring, Retrieving and Storing Employee Communications in the Internet Age
• Electronic Mail Privacy in the Workplace
• Emerging Issues Relating to E-Mail
• Employers, Employees, E-mail and The Internet
• Telephones and Voicemail at Work: Can Your Employer Spy on You?
• Privacy Protection Principles for Electronic Mail Systems
• U.S. News: Office politics in the electronic age
• E-Mail Concerns
• Respecting Privacy Rights of Employees

STANDARDS OF APPROPRIATE AND INAPPROPRIATE USE OF THE EMPLOYER'S COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS

• Hanis v. University of Western Ontario (1998), 98 C.L.L.C. 210-026 Unauthorized Use of the University computer system
• Drdul v. Brick Warehouse Corp., (1998) B.C.J. 1039 Employer communications systems: When is discipline appropriate?
• Bhamre (CUB 42012A - E.I. Appeal) Board of Referees Harassment and uauthorized use of Electronic Network
• Curtis v. DiMaio, QDS: 02760859 (E.D.N.Y., April 23, 1999) Poisoned Work Environment
• Blaber v. University of Victoria [1995] B.C.J. No. 558 Harassment and Intimidation: Limiting Network Access (discipline) versus Charter Rights (freedom of expression)
• Regina v. Plant, [1993] 3 S.C.R. 281 Charter of Rights - Unreasonable search and seizure - Admissibility of evidence
• R. v. Pecciarich, (1995) 26 W.C.B. (2d) 603 (Ont. Prov. Div.) Obscene Images and Images of Child Pornography
• Braintech, Inc. v. Kostiuk (1999 B.C. Court of Appeal) Defamatory Postings
• Criminal Law and IT
• Illegal and Offensive Content on the Information Highway
• Employee Privacy Rights of Employees versus Employers
• Computer Information Systems Law & System Operator Liability in 1995
• Reducing the Liability Risks of Employee Misuse of the Internet
• A Survey of Legal Issues Relating to the Security of Electronic Information
• Liability for Disclosing Confidential Information
• Electronic Records and Evidence
• Confidentiality Encryption and Public Key Infrastructure
• Making Inroads against Crime on the Internet
• English Internet Libel Ruling: ISPs Are "Publishers"
• Issues and Trends in Employment References and Defamation
• Letters of Recommendation: Sometimes, It's Better to Remain Mum
• U.K. decision rules employers liable for negligent references
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• Legal Ethics and the Internet
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