The Government of Canada has responded to the February 2018 report by the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (“ETHI” or “Committee”) on the review of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”). As we summarized in a previous bulletin, the ETHI’s report, entitled “Towards Privacy by Design,” discussed many topics and provided […] Read more
In a previous bulletin Ontario and Québec Set to Update Legal Requirements on Loyalty Programs, we highlighted the recent legislative changes regarding loyalty/rewards programs that have been implemented in Ontario and confirmed in Québec. Ontario’s rules on loyalty programs and associated regulations came into force on January 1, 2018, with a retroactive effect to October 1, […] Read more
BLG is proud to be a platinum sponsor of the IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2018 taking place May 24-25 at the adjoining Metro Toronto Convention Centre (North Building) and InterContinental Hotel. Members of our Privacy and Data Protection Group and Cybersecurity Law Group will be speaking throughout the conference : Privacy and Cybersecurity Hot Business Risks The BLG panel is taking place […] Read more
DataGuidance interviewed me at the 2018 IAPP Global Privacy Summit in Washington. In the interview, I discuss recent developments in privacy related jurisprudence in Canada, the new breach notification requirements, and I provide recommendations for global organisations which have operations in Canada or may be selling their products or services to Canadian consumers. You can view the […] Read more
On May 1, 2018, the Canadian Radio-television and Tele-communications Commission announced that the companies operating the 514-BILLETS ticket resale business agreed to pay $100,000 as part of a voluntary settlement of alleged violations of Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (commonly known as “CASL”) regarding the sending of text messages without the recipient’s consent and without prescribed information about the […] Read more
Commencing November 1, 2018, Canada’s federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”) will require an organization that suffers a “breach of security safeguards” involving personal information under its control to keep prescribed records of the breach and, if the breach presents a “real risk of significant harm to an individual”, to promptly report […] Read more
Auteure: Élisabeth Boutin-Bruce, étudiante au cours DRT-6929E-A Un récent article de BBC illustre les enjeux de la surveillance patronale omniprésente : cette idée envahissante de l’employeur qui tente de contrôler certains facteurs de la vie de son employé, parfois même en dehors du travail. En cette ère numérique, alors que l’employeur est en possession d’une multitude de […] Read more
Auteur: Charles Cuvelier, étudiant au cours DRT-6929E-A Un mois avant l’entrée en vigueur du nouveau Règlement général sur la protection des données au sein de l’Union Européenne, les USA répliquent en adoptant une réglementation pour le moins invasive en matière de protection des données ayant un caractère transfrontalier. Présenté le 6 février 2018,le CLOUD Act (pour […] Read more
Internet law is a vast area that continues to develop rapidly. Reference to current legislation, regulatory policies, guidelines and case law is essential for anyone addressing these issues in practice. My partner Bradley Freedman has recently authored a great paper summarizing selected developments in Canadian Internet law during 2017. To download the paper, click here. […] Read more
Auteure: Élisabeth Boutin-Bruce, étudiante au cours DRT-6929E-A Dans sa décision publiée le 16 mars dernier, Facebook décida de suspendre de sa plateforme Cambridge Analytica, entreprise centrée sur l’analyse des données dans un contexte politique, connue notamment pour son implication dans l’élection présidentielle américaine de 2016 ainsi que pour son rôle dans la campagne référendaire sur le […] Read more