A cybersecurity incident can be challenging and costly for any organization, regardless of size, industry or cyber maturity. Timely advice and guidance from experienced incident response legal counsel can make the process easier and more successful. We have prepared a bulletin which provides generally applicable practical suggestions, based on real-world experience, for responding to a […] Read more
En octobre 2020, les commissaires à la protection de la vie privée du Canada, de l’Alberta et de la Colombie-Britannique ont publié leurs conclusions d’enquête et leurs recommandations concernant la collecte d’images vidéo de visiteurs de centres commerciaux au moyen de la technologie d’analyse vidéo anonyme (ou « AVA ») installée à même des bornes d’orientation par […] Read more
In October 2020, Canadian privacy regulators issued their findings and recommendations concerning the collection of video images of mall visitors for the use of Anonymous Video Analytics technology (or “AVA” for short) installed in wayfinding directories—a type of digital display used by visitors to navigate malls—by a prominent commercial property management company (PIPEDA Report of […] Read more
It is increasingly common for businesses to receive requests from customers asking for the deletion of all of the information that the business holds about them. Such requests raise the issue of whether there is a right to the deletion or erasure of personal information under Canadian data protection laws. The concept of the right […] Read more
Il est de plus en plus courant pour les entreprises de recevoir de la part de clients des demandes de procéder à la suppression de l’ensemble des renseignements que l’entreprise détient à leur sujet. De telles demandes font intervenir la question de l’existence d’un droit à la suppression ou à l’effacement des renseignements personnels en […] Read more
We are delighted that Julie Gauthier is joining the BLG privacy and data protection team! Julie is a recognized expert in privacy and technology law and will be advising multinational and Canadian companies from various sectors on a wide range of strategic issues related to compliance with Canadian privacy law requirements, cybersecurity, information governance, anti-spam, […] Read more