Monday, June 23, 2014

The New Canadian Anti-SPAM Law and Your Business

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This morning, I hosted an online webinar entitled The New Canadian Anti-SPAM Law and Your Business . We did it using Google's Hangout On...
Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Henry v Bell Mobility: Another Federal Court case shows PIPEDA damages are hardly worth pursuing absent evidence of actual harm

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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 awa...
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Friday, June 13, 2014

R v Spencer: Supreme Court rules internet users have a reasonable expectation of privacy and anonymity online

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[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 i...
Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Why Friday's decision in R v Spencer will be a BIG DEAL for privacy

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As I blogged yesterday , the Supreme Court of Canada has announced that it will release its decision in the appeal from Saskatchewan Court o...
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Monday, June 09, 2014

Supreme Court to release warrantless ISP disclosure decision on Friday

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The Supreme Court of Canada has just announced that it will release its decision in R. v. Spencer on Friday. For those concerned with "...
Saturday, June 07, 2014

Canadian telcos release transparency reports

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In the past week, in a significant development, both Teksavvy and Rogers have released information that provides much greater insights into ...
Friday, May 30, 2014

Facebook "sponsored stories" class action certified

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Today, the British Columbia Supreme Court certified a class action against Facebook Inc. in connection with the "sponsored stories...
Thursday, May 29, 2014

CRTC seeking comments on set top boxes, audience measurement and privacy

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I just spoke with a friend at the CRTC who alerted me to the following ongoing consultation which has an interesting privacy angle. As part ...
Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Prime Minister names DOJ's top national security and law enforcement lawyer as next Privacy Commissioner of Canada

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The Prime Minister has tapped Daniel Therrien to be the next Privacy Commissioner of Canada. Mr. Therrien is a long-serving lawyer with the...
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Wednesday, May 07, 2014

Liz Denham calls for health privacy law for BC

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The Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia, Liz Denham, is calling for a health privacy law for the province, to replace t...