Quebec movie theatre ordered to pay $10K in damages for bag search

According to CTV News, a Quebec movie theatre is liable for $10,000 in damages when it searched a family's bags (ostensibly for video recording equipment) and exposed the eldest daugther's birth control pills to her unknowing parents. See: CTV.ca Cinema ordered to pay $10K in damages for search.

(Before extending this decision to the rest of Canada, remember that the private right of damages for privacy invasion is different in Quebec.)

Quebec court sends Facebook class-action packing to California

The Quebec Superior Court has just declined jurisdiction over a proposed class-action lawsuit against Facebook over its privacy policies and practices by upholding the choice of law and forum selection clause in the Facebook Terms of Use. Check out: St-Arnaud c. Facebook Inc., 2011 QCCS 1506 (CanLII)