Monday, December 15, 2014

Audio of interview with Macleans Magazine about SCC Fearon cell phone privacy decision

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Last week, I was interviewed by Cormac MacSweeney for Macleans Magazine about the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision in R v Fearon. Lis...
Monday, December 08, 2014

Former federal privacy commissioner Bruce Phillips has died at 84

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Bruce Phillips, who served as Canada's Privacy Commissioner from 1991 to 2000 has died at age 84. See: Former journalist and federal pri...
Friday, November 28, 2014

Nova Scotia FOIPOP Review Officer annual report for 2013

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Nova Scotia's new Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Review Officer, Catherine Tully, has just tabled the annual report fo...
Thursday, November 27, 2014

Presentation: Social media, privacy and the workplace: From hiring to firing (with a little discipline in between)

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I was invited to speak about social media, privacy and the workplace at Verney's Maritime Connections conference on access and privacy ....
Friday, November 21, 2014

Newfoundland Supreme Court considers privacy class action, clears first hurdle to certification

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The Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador this week considerd the first part of a bifurcated application to certify a class action in H...
Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Alberta introduces amendments to privacy law to render it constitutional, falls short

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On 18 November 2014, the government of Alberta introduced Bill 3: Personal Information Protection Amendment Act, 2014 to address the shortc...

#‎YouKnowHerName‬: Declare amnesty on breaking ban

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I wrote this as an opinion for the Halifax Chronicle Herald, where it was printed on 19 November 2014 : The story of the past week has bee...
Friday, November 14, 2014

The publication ban that makes no sense

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I had the pleasure of sitting down to speak with Steve Murphy of CTV Atlantic about the publication ban in a very high profile child pornogr...
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Thursday, November 13, 2014

Police "shoulder surfing" accused's texts via casino CCTV camera is a Charter privacy violation

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A judge of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in R. v. Ley and Wiwchar, 2014 BCSC 2108 has just held that police peeping on an suspect...
Friday, November 07, 2014

Ontario Court awards $10K damages for Legal Aid file-peeking

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The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has recently released its decision in McIntosh v. Legal Aid Ontario, 2014 ONSC 6136 . While the backgr...
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