Thursday, November 28, 2013

Privacy Commissioner suprisingly approves cyberbullying bill’s ‘lawful access’ powers

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Whoa. According to the Globe & Mail, the outgoing Privacy Commissioner of Canada has come out supporting the lawful access provisions of...
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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Notice of Vacancy: Privacy Commissioner

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Earlier today, the Prime Minister's Office announced that Chantal Bernier has been appointed interim Privacy Commissioner of Canada upo...
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Monday, November 25, 2013

Class Action filed against Health Canada in Medical Marijuana privacy breach

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Marijuana privacy breach class action blog post This afternoon, my firm filed a statement of claim in the Federal Court against Health Cana...
Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Some comments on the new Canadian Cyberbullying bill, aka Bill C-13 "Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act"

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As promised, and perhaps not surprisingly, I have some things to say about the new Bill C-13, called the " Protecting Canadians from On...
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Anti-cyberbullying bill tabled in Canadian Parliament

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This afternoon, the Canadian Justice Minister and the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness announced a new bill designed to ...
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Privacy Commssioner says beneficiary access to estate information is limited to his own personal information under PIPEDA, bigger jurisdictional question not addressed

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The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has released a new report of findings related to an individual's request of a law firm ...
Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Federal cyberbullying legislation expected tomorrow

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The CBC is reporting that the federal government plans to introduce its anti-cyberbullying bill in Parliament tomorrow. The bill is expect...
Friday, November 15, 2013

Supreme Court of Canada finds Alberta privacy law to be unconstitutional infringement of freedom of expression

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The Supreme Court of Canada today released its decision in Information and Privacy Commissioner et al v. United Food and Commercial Workers,...
Thursday, November 14, 2013

Google updates transparency report; US government requests for user information double over three years

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Google has today updated its industry leading transparency report and is reporting that user data requests by the US government have double...
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Important decision on constitutionality of privacy legislation to be released by Supreme Court on Friday

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Hot off the presses: (For more background, check out posts tagged UFCW Case (Alberta) .) Supreme Court of Canada - Decisions Supreme Co...