Monday, February 17, 2020

Ontario court adopts the "false light publicity" privacy tort

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Regular readers of this (irregular) blog will recall the milestone case of Jones v Tsige , in which the Ontario Court of Appeal imported int...
Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Privacy Commissioner again upends the consensus on transfers for processing in Aggregate IQ investigation

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You may recall earlier this year when the Canadian Privacy Commissioner completely revised the previous consensus by concluding that a ...
Saturday, November 23, 2019

Presentation: Access to Government Information

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On Friday, November 23, 2019, I had the pleasure of presenting on the topic of access to government information with Janet Curry of the Work...
Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Presentation: Surveillance tech and privacy laws

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I was honoured to be asked to give a breakfast presentation to the Canadian Security Association Atlantic Chapter on surveillance and secur...
Monday, October 14, 2019

What a CLOUD Act agreement will look like for Canada

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The United States Department of Justice and the United Kingdom Home Office have announced that the two countries have signed a bilateral ag...
Thursday, August 22, 2019

Another privacy class action dismissed due to lack of compensable damages

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Privacy class actions seem to be having a bit of a rough time as of late. “The need to change a password at a higher frequency cannot give...
Friday, May 10, 2019

Presentation: What’s new in cross-border digital evidence gathering for criminal investigations?

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I was invited to present at the High Technology Crime Investigation Association's first annual Canadian Cyber Summit . I spoke about r...
Thursday, April 25, 2019

My Atlantic Security Conference 2019 Presentation: The New Privacy and Cybersecurity Legal Risk Landscape (or how to play nicely with lawyers)

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I was invited back this year to the Atlantic Security Conference as a speaker. It's a great event and shows that Halifax really punches ...
Saturday, April 20, 2019

Privacy Commissioner proposes new guidance on crossborder transfers, requiring consent for all outsourcing

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In seeking to revise crossborder dataflows, the OPC’s position would require consent for all transfers of personal information for processin...
Monday, April 01, 2019

Ontario court refuses to order accused to unlock his smartphone

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Not sure how I missed this one when it came out in January ... The Ontario Court of Justice has refused to order an accused to unlock his ...