Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Ontario court explicitly adopts new privacy tort: public disclosure of private facts

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For anyone who was wondering: the arc of the common law is long and it bends towards privacy. The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has this...
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Friday, January 22, 2016

Presentation: Lawyers and social media

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I had the great pleasure this morning of giving a presentation to the council of the Nova Scotia Barristers Society on the use of social med...
Monday, January 18, 2016

Tower dump case raises troubling questions about law enforcement and privacy

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I blogged a couple of days ago about the important case of R v Rogers, 2016 ONSC 70 ( Canadian Privacy Law Blog: Ontario court provides cle...
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Friday, January 15, 2016

The Digital Privacy Act: New and upcoming changes to PIPEDA

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I was invited this week to present a webinar to the Conference Board of Canada's Council of Chief Privacy Officers on the current and up...
Thursday, January 14, 2016

Ontario court provides clear guidance on privacy and "tower dumps" in R v Rogers and Telus

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It is becoming clear that internet companies and telcos are the guardians of personal privacy in this connected age. We surf the internet an...
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Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Ontario court case suggests that PGP and Blackberry security have been cracked

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A recent case from the Ontario courts suggests -- quite strongly -- that PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) and Blackberry security have been cracked...
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Thursday, December 17, 2015

Nova Scotia's cyberbullying law declared to be unconstitutional and a "colossal failure"

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Full disclosure: I was counsel to the applicant respondent in this case. (The party seeking to have the order set aside and to have the st...
Thursday, December 10, 2015

Privacy Commissioner tables annual report on privacy in the federal government

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The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has just tabled his Annual Report on the Privacy Act to Parliament for 2014-2015. The Privacy Act regulat...
Thursday, November 26, 2015

Once again, the RCMP calls for warrantless access to your online info. Once again, the RCMP is wrong

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The CBC and the Canadian Press are reporting on comments made by RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson calling for warrantless access to internet se...
Saturday, November 14, 2015

Presentation: Use of drones in journalism & media

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I had the great pleasure of speaking at the annual conference of the Canadian Media Lawyers Association 's annual meeting in Toronto on ...