Saturday, December 08, 2018

Presentation: Obtaining digital evidence

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This week, I was pleased to be asked to be on a panel with Daniela Bassan on digital evidence for the Canadian Bar Association - Nova Scoti...
Wednesday, December 05, 2018

Canadian Privacy Commissioner calls for a new privacy law

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Canadian Privacy Commissioner, Daniel Therrien, has today released a letter written to Navdeep Singh Bains, the Minister of Innovation, Scie...
Friday, September 28, 2018

Presentation: Privacy 101 for Psychologists

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I was invited to present at an professional development event by the Association of Psychologists of Nova Scotia, on the topic of Privacy 10...
Saturday, September 22, 2018

The value of legal privilege: Your diligent privacy consultant may become your worst enemy

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A diligent privacy consultant will do a thorough privacy impact assessment, a threat risk assessment or a gap analysis. They'll take a t...
Thursday, April 26, 2018

AtlSecCon Presentation: Canada's new data breach notification regime

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I had the pleasure of giving a presentation to the Atlantic Security Conference this afternoon on Canada's new data breach notification...
Friday, March 16, 2018

Presentation: Privacy and privilege at the Canadian border

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The Canadian Bar Association's British Columbia Privacy and Access Law Section and the Immigration Section kindly invited me to Vancouve...
Friday, January 26, 2018

Privacy Commissioner thinks there's a right to be forgotten in Canada

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The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada just released a news release , another notice of consultation and a draft position paper o...
Friday, January 12, 2018

Canadian Appeal Court decides “Virtual Presence” is enough for production order for user information against non-Canadian company

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The British Columbia Court of Appeal has whipped the door open for the greater use of production orders requiring non-Canadian companies to ...
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...