Friday, February 10, 2017

Nova Scotia Appeals Court: No privacy and defamation double-dip damages

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The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, in Marson v Nova Scotia, 2017 NSCA 17 has affirmed the decision of the NS Supreme Court , which found that...
Tuesday, February 07, 2017

Did the Canadian Federal Court take the first step to a "right to be forgotten" with a global take-down order?

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This past week, the Federal Court of Canada released a very interesting decision in A.T. v. Globe24h.com, 2017 FC 114 , which seems to be t...
Thursday, February 02, 2017

My testimony on the Security of Canada Information Sharing Act

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Earlier this week, I was invited to testify before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics as p...
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Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Parliamentary Committee calls for reform of federal Privacy Act

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Yesterday, the Parliament of Canada Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics has issued the result of its study of th...
Thursday, December 01, 2016

Did the Supreme Court of Canada formally establish a new form of consent? Is "implied consent" really "deemed, irrevocable consent"?

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I just posted a comment on the new Royal Bank of Canada v. Trang decision from the Supreme Court of Canada ( Supreme Court of Canada permit...
Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Supreme Court of Canada permits disclosure of mortgage document over debtor’s privacy objections

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The Supreme Court of Canada has recently applied common sense to prevent debtors from using Canadian privacy laws to tie the hands of lender...
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...