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What is the law regarding declaration of cryptology services and tools?
The French Prosecutor has released details of the investigation resulting in Pavel Durov's arrest, which ends with these three points:
Providing cryptology services aiming to ensure confidentiality ...
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Incorrectly identified as a member of a settlement class
I received notice of a settlement pending for a class-action lawsuit.
I did not meet the definition of people who comprise the class. Members of the class must have opened an account with a ...
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Is it possible to distribute inheritance equally among sons and daughters under Islamic law?
In Islamic law, the general rule is that a son inherits twice the share of a daughter. However, I would like to know if it is legally possible to distribute inheritance equally among sons and ...
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Are Ontario municipalities allowed to stop issuing marriage licenses during COVID-19?
Some Ontario cities, such as Waterloo say on their website:
"Due to COVID-19, marriage licences will be suspended until further notice."
Here is a screenshot, in case the website changes.
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Can Rand Paul be sued for negligent transmission of COVID-19?
Note: I am not wanting to make this political. Please do not attempt to address political aspects of this situation or rail one way or the other. My question would be exactly the same if the facts ...
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Terms and conditions for food?
Imagine you have purchased some food item for consumption and upon opening it you find a notice printed (faintly and hard-to-read) on the seal that by opening and consuming the product you agree to ...
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Are taxi drivers in Thailand allowed to charge customers for writing a receipt?
I read:
Oh and if you're looking for a receipt – the receipt printer is hidden, right on the dashboard, under a towel. It might not have paper anyway, and if they write a receipt for you, they'll ...
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Does Google routinely form contracts by accessing web sites with their crawler?
Many web sites contain terms of service, where the web site puts a link to "Terms" or similar, and anyone who accesses the web site forms a contract with the web site operator under those ...
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Are extended magazines legal in chicago/cook county for ccw holders?
There are some different laws surrounding Chicago and Cook County's handgun magazines.
Here is Cook County's law regulating handguns
Here is Chicago's law regulating handguns.
Chicago:
"High ...
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What are the implications of the Good Friday Agreement for customs controls?
After the Good Friday Agreement was concluded, customs and security controls between the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom were removed (From Wikipedia). The Irish border is one of the major ...
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Usage-Based Insurance Devices (Like Progressive's Snapshot) - Evidence of Liability and Public Policy
In the United States, the biggest auto insurance carriers such as Progressive, Allstate and State Farm, have all begun offering optional potential policy discounts if the covered driver agrees to ...
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What licenses and registrations are required to start a home business repackaging food in NY?
I'd like to start a home business repackaging food in New York State in the US. For example, let's say I'm buying 10kg bags of rice from the supermarket and I want to put them into jars each ...
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What if someone goes on protected leave and their employer thus realizes they don't need them?
Say that Ash works for Big Co. and goes on some kind of legally protected leave (FMLA leave, parental leave, etc.) because of some protected characteristic (such as having acquired a disability and/or ...
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Can Landlord Require a Minimum Number of Occupants in NYC Apartment?
In New York City, is it legal for a landlord (or any other party) to require a minimum number of tenants in an apartment? I am searching (with three other people) for a four bedroom apartment, and we ...
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Is it illegal for my school to install spyware onto my own laptop?
My school installed something called 'Securus XT' onto my laptop. I knew it was meant to be a safeguarding thing but I didn't know they would be able to see every single thing I do on my own laptop (...
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Catherine Middleton topless pictures ruling - why €100k in damages?
As currently reported in the press, Catherine Middleton (the Duchess of Cambridge) sued the French magazine Closer for publishing topless photos of her sun-bathing, and she and her husband were ...
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Is it fraudulent for an extension like adblock to still count as an ad impression for content creators
tl;dr:
A Programmer writes a web browser Extension to download ads but not display them.
The effect is that Sites accessed through this extension get to charge Advertisers for the ad being served, ...
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Must car rental agencies provide the state minimum liability insurance or ensure that the customer has it when renting a car in the USA?
I was going through car rental agency SIXT's ToS to understand whether they provide any liability insurance coverage if one doesn't add one of their protection options when renting a car. I read in ...
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Fired for refusing overtime? (Canadian Engineer)
So I'm in a bit of a tricky situation right now, and would like some advice. Here is the relevant background information:
I am a salaried employee (engineer in training) based in Ontario, Canada. ...
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Why do sex toy companies label their products as Novelty or 'External Use' while clearly marketing them as otherwise?
Many sex toys are sold as novelty or recommended for external usage. Such as this glow in the dark set. Likewise, I recently purchased a Jimmy Jane toy and despite it being for internal use and ...
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What are my rights in videoing an encounter with a hostile person?
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I asked a fellow dog-walker to prevent their dog from snapping at mine. They became very irate but I just walked away from the situation. I may have said "Please keep your dog under ...
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If President Trump were to commute Derek Chauvin's federal sentence to home confinement, would he go to state prison?
Derek Chauvin is currently concurrently serving a 21 year federal sentence and 22? year Minnesota state sentence, in the federal prison system.
In the last few days, conservative commentator Ben ...
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Could a streaming service be liable for paywalling lyrics under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
According to regulatory guidance from the US Department of Justice, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires that public-facing websites provide equal access to people with disabilities, ...
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When can a suspect's characteristics lead to their confession being excluded as evidence?
In criminal evidence law, the unreliability of evidence test stops the police from obtaining confessions through methods likely to produce unreliable statements. This allows courts to consider a ...
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What barriers to the public internet do police have that citizens do not?
The Guardian reports in reference to police action against the far right instigators of the recent violence:
The strict rules on evidence gathering for police and government bodies made it harder for ...
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Can I play a voice message to a 3rd party?
Suppose someone left me a voice message on my mobile phone, and I then played their message to a 3rd party.
Was it illegal to play the message I received from them to a 3rd party in the U.K.? Who owns ...
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Can you get more than 21 years prison in total in Norway for the sum of two completely unrelated crimes?
This should go without saying, but I'm asking this out of sheer curiosity, not for any practical reasons lol.
The maximum prison time one can get for any particular crime in Norway is 21 years. This ...
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Does one EU country have to accept the gender entry of another EU country?
Situation:
German citizen B is born in Germany but moves to Estonia at some point and is registered in the Estonian population register with male gender and issued an Estonian ID card.
B moves back ...
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Unity, installation fees and retroactive unilateral pricing changes
Recently Unity changed the pricing policies for its popular gaming engine that will become operative on Jan, 1st 2024.
The change introduced what has been defined as "installation tax" by ...
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Adding reflective tape to personal vehicle
Backstory:
A few nights ago I was tailgated by a driver with unnecessarily-bright lights (likely stock, but still... when I can see my shadow on the road in front of me that seems excessive). I was ...
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