In the Ottawa Citizen, Michael Geist offers an A-to-Z year-in-review of technology law developments in 2010, a period he describes as "exceptionally active." Geist mentions the passage of anti-spam legislation, large fines for violators of do-not-call rules and Facebook, "which settled several privacy complaints with the privacy commissioner of Canada." He also highlights some of the year's most notorious rulings on alleged privacy violations, such as the Supreme Court's decision in Queen v. Gomboc regarding the privacy of electricity usage data. Geist is the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-Commerce Law at the University of Ottawa.
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