David Canton is a business lawyer and Trademark Agent at Harrison Pensa with a practice focusing on technology issues and technology companies. He also leads the firm’s Technology and Privacy Law Group. David advises on information technology and e-business matters such as software licenses, SaaS agreements, consulting agreements, intellectual property, technology transfer, privacy, social media law, anti-spam law, internet, website and e-business issues — both for those creating and for those using technology. David is a pioneer blogger, writing about technology, privacy and intellectual property matters for almost 25 years, with his latest articles available at hptechlaw.com. He is also co-author of Legal Landmines in e-Commerce, McGraw-Hill, 2002. Based on a survey of his peers, David is recognized as a leading lawyer in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory for Data Protection & Privacy. He is also recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada for Technology Law and Privacy and Data Security Law since 2020, and for Technology Law since 2019. And he has been included in the Who’s Who Legal list of top Canadian data lawyers for his “high level of knowledge and ability.”