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Despite the Silicon Valley boogeymen, the Canadian government is the greatest threat to your privacy
15 Feb 2013, 4:43 am
Jesse Brown at Macleans.ca has had a great series of four posts on his blog there, which highlight that despite all the attention being lavished on Facebook, Google, WhatsApp and other American internet companies, the most ignored threat to the privacy of Canadians is the Government. [read post]
7 Jun 2017, 12:10 pm
It's official ... the ability to sue for damages under Canada's Anti-Spam Law (CASL) has been put on ice. [read post]
Once again, the RCMP calls for warrantless access to your online info. Once again, the RCMP is wrong
26 Nov 2015, 4:07 am
The CBC and the Canadian Press are reporting on comments made by RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson calling for warrantless access to internet service provider customer information. [read post]
19 Feb 2019, 10:15 am
I was invited with my colleague Sarah Anderson Dykema to present on privacy by design for start-ups at Volta Labs. [read post]
7 Jun 2017, 8:21 am
I am hearing from reliable sources that the government has agreed to postpone the civil right of action under Canada's Anti-spam Law. [read post]
29 Dec 2012, 3:40 am
Over the past week, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada has been notifying approximately 5000 people that their personal information has been lost. [read post]
11 Jan 2013, 5:19 pm
Here is the (ironically titled) media release regarding the loss of personal information of more half a million Canadians' personal information. [read post]
25 Apr 2013, 10:01 am
The Government of Nova Scotia today tabled Bill 61 to create the Cyber-safety Act. [read post]
8 Dec 2014, 2:04 am
Bruce Phillips, who served as Canada's Privacy Commissioner from 1991 to 2000 has died at age 84. [read post]
3 Apr 2014, 4:27 pm
The latest edition of the Canadian IT Law Association Newsletter (full disclosure: I'm a contributor, but didn't write this piece) has a very good summary of a recent case from Ontario (R v [Redacted on request], 2014 ONCJ 130) that held, among other things, that a person at a nude beach has no expectation of privacy. [read post]
18 Jun 2015, 3:18 pm
Bill S-4, the Digital Privacy Act, which amends PIPEDA, has mostly been proclaimed into force by royal assent. [read post]
15 Feb 2013, 6:13 am
Representatives of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada appeared before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (HUMA) to account for HRSDC's data loss. [read post]
13 Sep 2016, 5:48 pm
In December 2013, I posted "Lawful Access: There, I fixed it for you. [read post]
7 May 2014, 4:58 am
The Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia, Liz Denham, is calling for a health privacy law for the province, to replace the overlapping current laws that regulate pesonal information in that sector. [read post]
27 Apr 2013, 1:27 pm
Perhaps not surprisingly, I spend a lot of time thinking about privacy. [read post]
13 Feb 2015, 5:52 pm
A couple of years ago, I got into my office, sat down at my desk and the phone rang. [read post]
20 Oct 2017, 2:35 am
On October 19, 2017, the CRTC issued its decision in a constitutional challenge to CASL brought by CompuFinder. [read post]
4 Apr 2014, 9:09 am
In a speech at the Digital Canada 150 Launch, Industry Minister James Moore hinted very strongly that amendments to Canada's private sector privacy law is just around the corner. [read post]
8 Jan 2013, 3:28 am
According to the Canadian Press, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has commissioned law professor Karim Benyekhlef of the University of Montreal to design a compromise for lawful access and has submitted it to the government. [read post]
15 Jan 2013, 4:15 am
The Canadian Press, via the CBC, is reporting on a series of new data breaches from British Columbia that likely involved millions of health records. [read post]
