Monday, August 15, 2022

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Can someone legitimately try to stop you from taking photos or recording video in a public place? There are some laws to know about, but t...
Monday, August 08, 2022

Video: OPC Finding: Spam messages sent by COVID testing contractor

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The Privacy Commissioner of Canada just released a report of findings about a company contracted by the Airport of Montreal to do on-arr...
Monday, June 27, 2022

Video: Preparing for Canada's new Consumer Privacy Protection Act

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The government of Canada tabled the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022 in the week before parliament rose for their summer break. Wh...
Monday, June 20, 2022

Video: An overview of the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022

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Finally, the government of Canada has tabled its long-awaited privacy law, intended to completely overhaul Canada’s private sector privacy ...
Sunday, May 29, 2022

The problem with Bill S-7: Device searches at the border

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The government wants border agents to be able to search your smartphones and laptops without any suspicion that you’ve done anything wron...
Monday, May 16, 2022

Video: Law enforcement requests for customer information - Come Back With A Warrant

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Canadian businesses are routinely asked by police agencies to provide customer information in order to further their investigations or inte...
Thursday, May 12, 2022

Presentation: Privacy civil claims

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I had the honour this week of presenting to a continuing education event for judges on privacy civil claims, past, present and future. I was...
Thursday, May 05, 2022

Presentation: Lawyers and InfoSec professionals - playing nicely with lawyers to provide more value in your engagements

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I was very kindly invited back to give a keynote at the Canadian Cyber Summit for the High Technology Crime Investigation Association . I s...
Monday, April 18, 2022

Video: Canada's Anti-Spam Law and the installation of software

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Canada’s anti-spam law is about much more than just spam. It also regulates the installation of software. Like the rest of the law, it is ...
Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Video: Privacy and start-ups ... what founders need to know

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In my legal practice, I have seen businesses fail because they did not take privacy into account. I’ve seen customers walk away from deals ...