Saturday, December 02, 2017

Federal Court of Appeal: Past privacy consent does not prevent new means of handling and distributing personal information

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The Federal Court of Appeal released its long-awaited decision in Toronto Real Estate Board v Commissioner of Competition on Friday, Decembe...
Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Ontario Court of Appeal confirms online harassment conviction where threatening website was “about” the complainant but not a threat directed "to" the complainant

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At a time when the courts and the rest of the justice system are grappling with how traditional Criminal Code offences and online misconduct...
Wednesday, November 01, 2017

My suggestions to the NS Minister of Justice to facilitate access to justice under the new cyberbullying law

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I have expressed some concerns about Nova Scotia's new Intimate Images and Cyber-protection Act, mainly related to barriers to access to...
Friday, October 20, 2017

CRTC finds CASL to be constitutional in CompuFinder challenge

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On October 19, 2017, the CRTC issued its decision in a constitutional challenge to CASL brought by CompuFinder. You may recall that in 2015,...
Thursday, October 19, 2017

My comments on Nova Scotia's Intimate Images and Cyber-protection Act

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Note: Because of very short notice, I will not be able to appear at the Nova Scotia Legislature's Law Amendments Committee to provide m...
Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Nova Scotia introduces new "secure" ID and licenses; fails to mention use of biometrics

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The Government of Nova Scotia just announced that it is introducing new "secure" provincial ID cards and drivers licenses. What th...
Friday, October 06, 2017

Nova Scotia introduces new anti-cyberbullying bill

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On October 5, 2017, the Nova Scotia Liberal government introduced a new bill to replace the former Cyber-safety Act, which was struck down a...
Friday, September 01, 2017

Canadian breach notification requirements finally published for comment

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The Digital Privacy Act amended the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Canada) to add notification requirements f...
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 ...