Friday, March 28, 2014

Cloud Computing FAQ for Corporate Counsel

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The Canadian Corporate Counsel Association Magazine ( CCCA Magazine ) Spring 2014 edition had a strong focus on privacy, "Managing your...

A hint at the extent of warrantless access to customer data in Canada

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Earlier this week, the Halifax Chronicle Herald published a story about information that has come to light about the extent to which law enf...
Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Interim Privacy Commissioner of Canada releases report on HRSDC/Student Loan privacy breach

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The Interim Privacy Commissioner of Canada has today tabled in Parliament the report of her investigation into the loss of a portable hard ...
Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Ann Cavoukian, Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner, to lead Ryerson University institute at the conclusion of her third term

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Ontario's well-regarded Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ann Cavoukian, is stepping down at the conclusion of her unprecedented thi...
Thursday, March 06, 2014

Demanding transparency from Canadian telcos: still very murky

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In January , the fine folks at the Citizen Lab made some very in-depth inquiries of Canadian telecommunications providers asking about the ...
Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Court agrees to protect plaintiffs' identities in invasion of privacy case against Health Canada

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In a decision issued yesterday, the Federal Court ordered the the identity of plaintiffs in a putative class action against Health Canada s...
Monday, February 17, 2014

Canadian government to appeal court decision chastising it for outsourcing spying on Canadians

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Apparently the Canadian government plans to appeal a Federal Court decision that roundly chastised the Canadian Security Intelligence Servi...
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Friday, February 14, 2014

Ontario provincial health privacy law does not pre-empt invasion of privacy claim in tort

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The Ontario Superior Court in Hopkins v. Kay, 2014 ONSC 321 (CanLII) has concluded that the Personal Health Information Protection Act does...
Wednesday, February 12, 2014

More details about Nova Scotia's first cyberbullying prevention order

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Yesterday, I blogged about the first cyberbullying prevention order issued under Nova Scotia's Cyber-safety Act. (See: Canadian Privacy ...

Nova Scotia court issues first cyberbullying prevention order

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A judge of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court has issued the first "Cyberbullying prevention order" under the province's Cyber-safe...