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Receiving a Data Breach Notification – Commissioner’s Guidance for Individuals, Lessons for Organizations
Blogue Cybersécurité de MT
As reported by numerous previous articles, Canada’s federal data breach notification laws have been in effect since Nov 1, 2018, and require all organizations subject to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”) to report to the federal...
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Event Announcement – Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show
Le réseau alimentaire : les agroentreprises canadiennes et le droit en matière d'alimentation
CANADA’S OUTDOOR FARM SHOW – September 10 – 12, 2019 (Woodstock, Ontario) Miller Thomson LLP is again looking forward to being a part of the 26th annual Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show. Please come by our booth to say hello or ask...
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No Jurisdiction at the LAT for Arbitration Proceedings: Commenced but not Completed at FSCO
Blogue : Droit des assurances
The transition of the forum for Statutory Accident Benefits disputes from the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (“FSCO”) to the Licence Appeal Tribunal (the “LAT”), effective April 1, 2016, was not as seamless as anticipated and continues to be the...
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Cybersecurity Risks in Medical Devices – Health Canada Adopts Guidance Document
Blogue Cybersécurité de MT
Cybersecurity and data breaches are topics of high concern for Canadians. As discussed in previous blog articles, data breaches in Canada, North America and Europe have illustrated how financially motivated hackers and human error can put personal data at risk,...
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Data Breaches, GDPR Fines, and Transborder Transfers – the Challenges of Assessing Cybersecurity and Privacy Risk
Blogue Cybersécurité de MT
Data breaches, steep fines under GDPR, and changing requirements for transborder data transfers are just a few of the headline-making issues in the first half of 2019. It has been anything but quiet for cybersecurity and privacy professionals or organizations...
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Commercial Transactions and All-Risks Coverage
Blogue : Droit des assurances
How can a commercial transaction be the subject of indemnity under an all-risks policy? In Heart Zap Services Inc. v. Lloyd’s Underwriters, 2019 ONSC 3667 the plaintiff, Heart Zap Services Inc., received an order from Dr. Thomas Hardy for 25...
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Impact of Recent GDPR Enforcement on Privacy Due Diligence in M&A
Blogue Cybersécurité de MT
In our last blog article, we discussed the British data protection authority’s (“ICO”) announcement to impose large fines on British Airways and Marriott Hotels for separate large-scale data breaches affecting those businesses. In this article, we will turn our minds...
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GDPR Shows its Teeth – UK Pursuing Record Fines for Data Breaches, Emphasizes Accountability
Blogue Cybersécurité de MT
If there was any question as to the willingness of EU data protection authorities to pursue significant monetary penalties for violations of the European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), this past week has surely put those uncertainties to rest. The...
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Changes to Health Canada Licensing Application Requirements
Le réseau alimentaire : les agroentreprises canadiennes et le droit en matière d'alimentation
Modifications to Health Canada’s licensing application requirements represent a significant new burden to hopeful license applicants. On May 8, 2019, Health Canada issued a statement identifying significant changes to the Federal cannabis licensing process. While a significant number of licenses...
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Canada’s Digital Charter Triggers Reframing of Consultation on Transborder Personal Data Transfers
Blogue Cybersécurité de MT
In April of this year, as discussed in our previous blog posts, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (“OPC”) called for changes to the way Canadian privacy law treats transborder personal data transfers, and commenced a consultation process....
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