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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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David Krebs, Alicia MacNeil, and Eric Charleston are featured as part of Financier’s 2019 Annual Privacy Law Review
Annual Privacy Law Review
Data protection is one of the most important issues of our time. There is a burgeoning understanding, among the general public, across business and throughout the world, of the importance of data and the consequences of a breach. The financial...
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“Once More Unto the (Data) Breach”…Looking back at Twelve Months of Mandatory Breach Notifications
As described in numerous previous articles over the course of 2019, the past year saw an unprecedented number of breach notifications in Canada. In Europe, under the scrutiny of the General Data Protection Regulations (“GDPR”), there were a whopping 89,200...
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Implementing Privacy by Design
“Privacy by design” (“PbD”) is not a new concept but one that has been receiving increasing attention and legal clout in Canada, Europe, and around the world. Broadly speaking, it requires designing a system or process in a manner that...
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Cybersecurity Risks in Medical Devices – Health Canada Adopts Guidance Document
Canadian Privacy Law Review (posted with permission from LexisNexis)
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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Practical Strategies for Responding to a Cyber-Attack
The author would like to thank the co-author of this article, Claudiu Popa[1], for his contributions and expertise in this area. Organizations across industry sectors are learning to recognize just what cyber-attacks look like, as Canadian companies are experiencing dozens...
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Moving Back the Goalposts – Federal Commissioner Confirms a Transborder Transfers of Personal Data Remain a “Use”
Six months after it started, the consultation process on the proper treatment of transborder personal data transfers has now closed. On September 23, 2019, the Federal Privacy Commissioner (“OPC”) confirmed that transborder transfers of personal data will remain a “use” of...
