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David Canton

David Canton

Phone: 519 661-6776
450 Talbot Street P.O. Box 3237 London On 0 Canada

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David Canton is a business lawyer and trade-mark agent with a practice focusing on technology issues and technology companies.

Recent Articles

Demanding Social Media Passwords From Job Seekers Is Wrong

David Canton

March 21, 2012 13:20

Today’s Slaw post: The issue of corporate or government employers asking for social media login ID’s and passwords for job seekers has reared its head again. See this CBC article entitled U.S. job seekers get asked for Facebook passwords. And see this article I wrote a year ago on the...

Demanding Social Media Passwords From Job Seekers Is Wrong

David Canton

March 21, 2012 13:14

The issue of corporate or government employers asking for social media login ID's and passwords for job seekers has reared its head again. See this CBC article entitled U.S. job seekers get asked for Facebook passwords. And see this article I wrote a year ago on the subject. This is wrong on...

Release protects shows from lawsuits

David Canton

March 19, 2012 15:52

For the London Free Press – March 19, 2012 – Read this on Canoe Ever wonder why reality TV shows are not sued by contestants over their portrayal on TV? It’s because the releases they sign effectively prevent that. John Turmel, a contestant on CBC’s Dragons’ Den, found...

Using QR codes

David Canton

March 14, 2012 14:15

Today’s Slaw post: QR codes can be useful tools for marketing (including for lawyers) and other uses – but they are a tool that must be used correctly, not a strategy on their own. At a TechAlliance session this morning on QR codes Donnie Claudino of TechAlliance and Jonathan Kochis of...

Using QR Codes

David Canton

March 14, 2012 14:10

QR codes can be useful tools for marketing (including for lawyers) and other uses – but they are a tool that must be used correctly, not a strategy on their own. At a TechAlliance session this morning on QR codes Donnie Claudino of TechAlliance and Jonathan Kochis of Resolution Interactive...