Happy Data Privacy Day
From the Privacy Commissioner of Canada: “On January 28, Canada, along with many countries around the world, will celebrate Data Privacy Day. Recognized by privacy professionals, corporations,...
View ArticleBill C-51 (Anti-Terrorist Act, 2015) passed by Senate despite massive opposition
Bill C-51 (Anti-Terrorist Act, 2015) has been passed by the Senate despite massive opposition against its privacy unfriendly invasive powers. See, for example, commentary by the Canadian Civil...
View ArticleDigital Privacy Act amends PIPEDA
Several amendments were made last week to PIPEDA, the federal private sector privacy legislation. This has been sitting around in draft for a long time. Except for sections creating a new mandatory...
View Article11 things you should know about privacy
Privacy laws apply to every business that knows any information about individuals. Here are 11 things you should know about privacy. There are many privacy statutes that may apply depending on the...
View ArticleInvasion of Privacy tort continues to develop
In Ontario, conventional wisdom was that invasion of privacy was not something you could sue for. But that is changing, as evidenced by a just released decision of the Ontario Superior Court of...
View ArticleEmerging tech – potentially awesome and a privacy quagmire
I attended an event last night where Duncan Stewart of Deloitte talked about their TMT predictions for 2016. It reinforced for me that the future of tech and what it will do for us is potentially...
View ArticleTrump’s executive order on foreigners strips privacy protection for Canadians
Included in Trump’s reprehensible executive order “Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States” was this: Sec. 14. Privacy Act. Agencies shall, to the extent consistent with...
View ArticlePrivacy and Cyber Security Seminar
I’m one of 3 speakers at a seminar on privacy and cyber security on the morning of April 21. Topics include evolving privacy legal issues, examples of cyber security exploits, and how to manage the...
View ArticleAre you ready for PIPEDA’s privacy breach recording obligation?
In a recent blog post I talked about the new privacy breach notification requirements coming under PIPEDA this November 1. I said that perhaps the most challenging aspect is a requirement to maintain a...
View ArticlePIPEDA breach notification & recording starts Nov 1 – are you ready?
Starting Nov 1 2018 PIPEDA requires businesses to notify the Privacy Commissioner and affected individuals of any privacy breach that poses “a real risk of significant harm”. It also requires...
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