Recent Developments in IT Law Affecting Charities and NFPs

November 2019 Charity & NFP Law Update

The exponential development of new digital technologies in recent years has had a profound effect upon established concepts and principles of privacy law, intellectual property law, securities law, as well as charity and not-for-profit law, amongst others. Within this context, regulators are having to cooperate with each other in order to deal with digital technologies meant to reach users across multiple jurisdictions and harmonize their respective legal regimes to ensure that their respective jurisdictions remain competitive and are able to attract technology-oriented investments and talent.

As a result of this rapidly changing legal environment, new landmark court decisions are being released and legislation introduced on an increasingly frequent basis. In response to this changing legal landscape, this Bulletin is intended to provide a select summary of recent developments in the law over the last year dealing with Information Technology as it relates to charities and not-for-profits and their use of the Internet and social media.

For the balance of this Bulletin, please see Charity & NFP Law Bulletin No. 457.

Read the November 2019 Charity & NFP Law Update