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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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The Potential Impact of Blockchain Technology on Securitization
Many believe that blockchain technology is synonymous with cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin and ethereum. Yet, cryptocurrency is just one of a multitude of applications of blockchain technology and there are numerous industries, such as financial services and transportation, which will...
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New Patent Laws for Canada: The Next Step in Canada’s IP Modernization Project
Over the past several months, many of the Canadian intellectual property laws have been amended to comply with international treaties. Such treaties include the Madrid Protocol, the Singapore Treaty, the Nice Agreement, the Patent Law Treaty and the Hague Agreement....
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Carrots or Sticks: New Laws for Missed Patent Maintenance Fees
For several years, Canadian legislators have been engaged in a project to modernize Canadian intellectual property laws and ensure compliance with Canada’s treaty obligations. The latest step in this modernization initiative involves amendments to the Canadian patent laws. Upcoming changes...
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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...
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Receiving a Data Breach Notification – Commissioner’s Guidance for Individuals, Lessons for Organizations
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...
