The privacy commissioner’s final report on its years-long investigation into Aylo, formerly known as MindGeek, found “significant” issues with the way the company obtains consent.
The privacy commissioner’s final report on its years-long investigation into Aylo, formerly known as MindGeek, found “significant” issues with the way the company obtains consent.
User generated content has a presumption of consent: It is PRESUMED that the user who is uploading the work work likely created it - and it is reasonable to presume those involved in said work gave consent or otherwise the user had rights to use the content in this way. When you DO NOT have rights to the work, that is when DMCA take downs come into play, and other legal actions - and in that case, you can expect financial penalties, account suspensions/bans, and so on.
There are some serious problems in Canadian law. This situation doesn’t come even close to one of them.