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14 Sep 2014, 5:24 pm
Last Thursday, a judge of the Newfoundland Provincial Court fined a former employee of Western Health $5000 for rummaging through approximately 1000 records. [read post]
11 Sep 2014, 11:42 am
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has released the results of the second Global Privacy Sweep carried out by the Global Privacy Enforcement Network (GPEN). [read post]
3 Sep 2014, 7:08 pm
At privacy gatherings, I often hear that Canada and the European Union have serious privacy laws, while the United States is somehow on the lawless fringe (other than sectoral laws like HIPAA). [read post]
2 Sep 2014, 9:31 am
Over the weekend, a deluge of intimate photos of celebrities appeared on the internet, first on 4Chan and then on Reddit (CBC report). [read post]
27 Jul 2014, 6:13 pm
An Ontario court has agreed to hear a Charter challenge brought by Rogers and Telus in response to a police request for "tower dumps" with records on over 40,000 calls or customers. [read post]
10 Jul 2014, 12:01 pm
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has today released a policy statement on genetic testing and the insurance industry. [read post]
8 Jul 2014, 3:53 pm
The Nova Scotia government has just announced the appointment of the new FOIPOP Review Officer for Nova Scotia, Catherine Tully. [read post]
6 Jul 2014, 5:30 am
@pennyharo Our gov’t “has less than zero sympathy” for impact on such business models http://t.co/iVnJ9weFFK… -> Canada’s Anti-Spam Law Punishes Charities https://t.co/H2FUId5xO9 -> CASL “Sensible laws target bad behaviour, not render all behaviours bad until proven good” https://t.co/H2FUId5xO9 -> Here’s what you need to know about the new Canadian anti-spam law that is freaking everyone out http://t.co/YDqIJ1p6c4 -> Goldman Sachs demands… [read post]
3 Jul 2014, 5:30 am
@pennyharo Our gov’t “has less than zero sympathy” for impact on such business models http://t.co/iVnJ9weFFK… -> Canada’s Anti-Spam Law Punishes Charities https://t.co/H2FUId5xO9 -> CASL “Sensible laws target bad behaviour, not render all behaviours bad until proven good” https://t.co/H2FUId5xO9 -> Here’s what you need to know about the new Canadian anti-spam law that is freaking everyone out http://t.co/YDqIJ1p6c4 -> Goldman Sachs demands… [read post]
23 Jun 2014, 6:39 am
This morning, I hosted an online webinar entitled The New Canadian Anti-SPAM Law and Your Business. [read post]
18 Jun 2014, 5:20 pm
The Federal Court, in the recently issued decision in Henry v Bell Mobility 2014 FC 555 (not yet on CanLII or the Court's site) has awarded a very modest sum of damages to a customer of Bell Mobility whose phone account was accessed by an impostor. [read post]
13 Jun 2014, 6:48 am
[Note: this post is a work in progress, and will be updated as I digest the decision.]This morning, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in R v Spencer, 2014 SCC 43.The case, on appeal from the Supreme Court of Canada, has finally provided some certainty regarding the expectation of privacy that all Canadians enjoy in their online activities. [read post]
10 Jun 2014, 6:19 am
As I blogged yesterday, the Supreme Court of Canada has announced that it will release its decision in the appeal from Saskatchewan Court of Appeal in R v Spencer, 2011 SKCA 144. [read post]
9 Jun 2014, 12:22 pm
The Supreme Court of Canada has just announced that it will release its decision in R. v. [read post]
7 Jun 2014, 5:51 am
In the past week, in a significant development, both Teksavvy and Rogers have released information that provides much greater insights into government demands for personal information from telecommunications companies. [read post]
30 May 2014, 11:47 am
Today, the British Columbia Supreme Court certified a class action against Facebook Inc. in connection with the "sponsored stories" feature of the web platform. [read post]
29 May 2014, 8:04 am
I just spoke with a friend at the CRTC who alerted me to the following ongoing consultation which has an interesting privacy angle. [read post]
28 May 2014, 1:54 pm
The Prime Minister has tapped Daniel Therrien to be the next Privacy Commissioner of Canada. [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]
5 May 2014, 6:02 pm
Apparently my testimony tomorrow at the House of Commons Justice and Human Rights committee on Bill C-13, the Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act will not be webcast. [read post]