The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has dismissed another class action in which the plaintiff used ‘intrusion upon seclusion’ to claim damages for a cyber attack. Justice Perell’s decision in Del Giudice v Thompson (Thompson) reinforces recent findings in similar cases where the intrusion upon seclusion tort was not upheld and organizations were not found vicariously liable […] Read more

A plastic surgeon alleged to have filmed his patients with surveillance cameras faced a privacy class action case. In G.C. v. Jugenburg (2021 ONSC 3119), the Ontario Superior Court certified a privacy breach class action against Dr. Martin Jugenburg, but declined to certify a class action for patients whose images were posted on the internet, published, or otherwise displayed […] Read more

Le 24 août dernier, la Commission des institutions de l’Assemblée nationale du Québec a terminé l’étude détaillée du projet de loi n° 64, Loi modernisant des dispositions législatives en matière de protection des renseignements personnels (« projet de loi n° 64 ») qui s’était amorcée en février 2021. Dans notre précédent bulletin, publié à l’occasion de la clôture des travaux parlementaires au […] Read more

On August 24, the Committee on Institutions of the Québec National Assembly completed its clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 64, An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information (Bill 64), which had begun in February 2021. In our previous bulletin, published at the end of the parliamentary proceedings in June, we discussed key changes made to […] Read more

The BC Financial Services Authority has issued revised drafts of its information security guideline and outsourcing guideline for provincially regulated financial institutions and pension plan administrators in British Columbia. The guidelines will likely require most regulated entities to make significant changes to their information security and outsourcing policies, practices and procedures and amend existing outsourced […] Read more