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18 Jan 2016, 5:54 am
I blogged a couple of days ago about the important case of R v Rogers, 2016 ONSC 70 (Canadian Privacy Law Blog: Ontario court provides clear guidance on privacy and "tower dumps" in R v Rogers and Telus). [read post]
25 Apr 2013, 8:03 am
Charges have been laid in Newfoundland against two individuals employed by separate health districts related to inappropriate and unauthorized access to patient information. [read post]
23 Dec 2013, 11:40 am
On Saturday, I blogged about the stunning decision of Justice Mosley of the Federal Court in IN THE MATTER OF an application by [xxxxx xxxxxx ] for a warrant pursuant to Sections 12 and 21 of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. [read post]
14 Mar 2013, 1:39 am
On February 26, 2013, Charmaine Borg introduced Private Member’s Bill C-475 (41-1), an Act to amend the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (order-making power), to the House of Commons. [read post]
17 Oct 2014, 4:38 pm
I had the pleasure of speaking to the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice's annual conference this week in St. [read post]
22 Jan 2014, 1:56 pm
Crossposted from Canadian Cloud Law Blog: Microsoft to agree to local storage of foreign users' data: According to the Financial Times, Microsoft is going to break from the pack of other cloud service providers by agreeing to store data locally. [read post]
2 Feb 2014, 5:10 am
This is important to watch. [read post]
1 Nov 2017, 4:59 pm
I have expressed some concerns about Nova Scotia's new Intimate Images and Cyber-protection Act, mainly related to barriers to access to the courts by the adoption of a regular procedure for applications in the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. [read post]
21 May 2013, 4:10 pm
Somehow, I've been nominated by Canadian Lawyer Magazine for inclusion in their annual Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada. [read post]
10 Mar 2017, 5:42 am
Professor Teresa Scassa has a very interesting comment on her blog about a recent case from the Federal Court of Canada, O’Grady v. [read post]
20 Dec 2013, 2:11 pm
Today, both AT&T and Verizon have agreed to follow Google's (and more recently, Twitter's) lead by releasing transparency reports, disclosing the extent to which they disclose customer information to law enforcement (Verizon to Publish Transparency Report Disclosing Law Enforcement Requests for Customer Information and AT&T Update On Government Surveillance Position: Plans to publish semi-annual transparency report). [read post]
13 Apr 2013, 4:36 am
The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada, the agency that regulates Canada's investment industry, has announced that a portable storage device has been lost containing the personal information of 52,000 individuals. [read post]
23 Apr 2013, 5:16 pm
According to documents filed in Parliament in response to a request for information filed by the opposition, the Federal Government has experienced thousands of data breaches over the past decade, affecting the personal information of hundreds of thousands of Canadians. [read post]
15 Jan 2016, 12:21 pm
I was invited this week to present a webinar to the Conference Board of Canada's Council of Chief Privacy Officers on the current and upcoming changes to Canada's privacy law as a result of the Digital Privacy Act (Bill S-4). [read post]
18 Sep 2014, 4:48 pm
Google has released its most recent iteration of its transparency report. [read post]
30 Sep 2014, 10:42 am
Full points to Telus for joining Rogers as the first Canadian telcos to issue a transparency report. [read post]
17 Aug 2015, 6:00 am
A case I am involved with is hopefully heading to argument on Friday in the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia on whether the province's Cyber-safety Act goes too far in infringing Charter protected speech. [read post]
19 Nov 2020, 9:16 am
We just posted this on the McInnes Cooper client information site: 10 Ways Canada’s Consumer Privacy Protection Act Will Impact Privacy Practices November 19, 2020 By Sarah Anderson Dykema, CIPP/C, Lawyer at McInnes Cooper, David Fraser, Privacy Lawyer | Partner at McInnes Cooper On November 17, 2020, the federal government proposed dramatic changes to how Canada will enforce privacy law, ushering in a new legal regime to protect individuals’ personal information – and to… [read post]
6 Oct 2017, 5:46 am
On October 5, 2017, the Nova Scotia Liberal government introduced a new bill to replace the former Cyber-safety Act, which was struck down as unconstitutional (a "colossal failure", said the judge). [read post]
22 Mar 2013, 1:52 pm
Following the lead of Google, Twitter and Facebook, Microsoft has released its first "Transparency report" which provides some visibility into the number of law enforcement requests for user data it receives and what its policies are regarding the disclosure of such data: 2012 Law Enforcement Requests Report. [read post]
