Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Lawful Access (2016): There, I fixed it for you.

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In December 2013, I posted " Lawful Access: There, I fixed it for you. ". I didn't think I'd need to link to it again so s...
Saturday, September 10, 2016

Ontario court awards damages for family member's disclosure of mental health information

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The Ontario Small Claims Court, in Halley v McCann, 2016 CanLII 58945 (ON SCSM) , has recently awarded a plaintiff $9,000 in damages for bre...
Thursday, April 28, 2016

You'd better forget the right to be forgotten in Canada

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Summary : This discussion paper is intended to address the following question put forward in the OPC’s consultation paper on online reputat...
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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