Extraterritorial scope of GDPR: Do Canadian businesses need to comply?
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”) will be coming into force on May 25 of this year. While the GDPR has been a hot topic for some time in Europe, it has only recently begun to hit...
Senate Committee Report On Autonomous Vehicles Emphasizes Cybersecurity and Privacy
On January 29, 2018, the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications (the “Committee”) released a report titled Driving Change: Technology and the future of the automated vehicle (the “Report”), which highlighted key regulatory and technical issues related to driverless...
Cybersecurity In Canada: What to Expect in 2018
Globally, 2017 saw a year-over-year increase from 2016 in the number cyberattacks and data breaches that were reported in the media and to various regulators. Canadian organizations (public and private) were no exception to this global trend. Interestingly, attackers did...
Cybersecurity: Are Social Engineering Attacks Covered Under Insurance Policies?
Cybersecurity incidents are a popular topic of coverage in the press. These incidents range from hacking into organizations that hold a large quantity of data about clients, employees, vendors and other stakeholders to duping employees to transfer funds into fraudulent...
What GDPR Means for Canadian Businesses
The European Union’s (“EU”) General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”), which comes into force in May 2018, will impose significant new obligations on businesses that handle the personal data of EU residents. What is unique is that the GDPR applies...
The Growing Importance of Privacy Compliance in Transactions
Increasingly, a key asset that organizations hold is the sensitive data they collect, use and retain about their customers, employees, and suppliers. It is therefore no surprise that data security and privacy compliance have become a top of mind consideration...
Cybersecurity: Steps to Manage Cyber Risks Effectively
In recent years, cyberattacks have been steadily increasing in sophistication, frequency and magnitude – with the media reporting, what appears to be, a major cyberattack on an almost weekly basis. Hackers are targeting organizations from all industries, including not-for-profits and...
