Privacy and cybersecurity during COVID-19 – Tips for Canadian organizations
With the emergence of COVID-19 in Canada, organizations are faced with many additional concerns and considerations in their daily operations and strategic planning. Remote work has become the norm, and the health of employees, customers and suppliers is a key...
COVID-19 & IP Offices
Just as other sectors are reacting to the COVID-19 pandemic, so are intellectual property offices around the world (“IP Offices”). The measures that some IP Offices are enacting include providing extensions for some due dates to account for disruption caused...
RegTech: How technology can revolutionize compliance
Highly regulated industries, such as the financial services industry, have faced ever increasing regulatory compliance obligations. Technology, such as artificial intelligence (AI), that can be utilized to innovate the manner in which these organizations operate can lead to additional challenges...
Privacy Commissioner consultation on AI
Continuing to highlight the need for reform, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (“OPC”) has initiated a consultation on recommendations they have presented to adapt the private sector privacy statute Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”) to address...
Venture Debt: Is it right for your start-up or emerging growth company?
Access to capital is critical for start-ups and emerging growth companies to fund operations, finance working capital and develop and scale products and technology. These companies typically rely on invested capital to raise funds. However, equity financing may not be...
Canadian Privacy Commissioner Tables Annual Report, Calling for Human Rights-Based Overhaul of Privacy Laws
On December 10, 2019, Commissioner Therrien presented his office’s 2019 annual report to Parliament, which was later followed by a press release highlighting key aspects of and views expressed in this latest report. Unsurprisingly, the need for privacy law reform...
Wayne Logan quoted in Law in Quebec
Law in Quebec, "Blockchain operationalization"
“Blockchain works really well for provenance, be it about a cow, from birth to slaughterhouse right to the table – blockchain offers remarkable traceability,” says Wayne Logan, an intellectual property lawyer who heads the blockchain practice at Miller Thomson LLP....
David Krebs quoted in Canadian Bar Association National article on data protection
CBA National, "Scoping Europe's long reach on data protection"
David Krebs comments on the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Facing the threat of massive fines, Canadian businesses with interests in Europe are undertaking efforts to comply with the complexities of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation...
David Krebs interviewed about Creating a Secure Cyber Environment
Risky Business
David Krebs is interviewed on 650 CKOM program “Risky Business” about Creating a Secure Cyber Environment. Read the transcript or listen to the full episode
OSC Orders Approval of Prospectus for Canada’s First Bitcoin Investment Fund
Overview In a ground-breaking decision, the Ontario Securities Commission (“OSC”) overturned the decision of the Acting Director of the Investment Funds & Structured Products Branch of the OSC (“IFSP”) to refuse to issue a receipt for the establishment of the...
