Wednesday, July 26, 2017

British Columbia Commissioner finds that "Creep Catchers" violated province's privacy law

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The Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia has just released a very interesting decision and order against the "Surre...
Wednesday, June 07, 2017

Canadian government pulls the plug on the Canadian Anti-Spam Law private right of action

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It's official ... the ability to sue for damages under Canada's Anti-Spam Law (CASL) has been put on ice. An order-in-council dated ...

CASL's civil right of action to be delayed?

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I am hearing from reliable sources that the government has agreed to postpone the civil right of action under Canada's Anti-spam Law. Th...
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Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Alberta law provides civil remedies for cyberbullying victims

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Tort regarding non-consensual distribution of intimate images supplements recent criminal amendments The Alberta legislature has passed a ...
Friday, March 10, 2017

Privacy and the use of census information for population health research

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Professor Teresa Scassa has a very interesting comment on her blog about a recent case from the Federal Court of Canada, O’Grady v. Canada (...
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...