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Caught in the Web: Can privacy laws play its fundamental role of protecting individuals?

I will be participating at the “Caught in the Web” conference organized by the McGill Law Faculty (Continuing Legal Education) taking place on November 17, 2015 at 6pm. The information society has turned into a supranational knowledge society and digital economy. No discipline can claim a monopoly on regulating its unbridled development. I will be presenting […] Read more

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Privacy class action update: Appeal dismissed in the IIROC security breach action

After the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC or in French OCRCVM) who monitors all trading activity across the country suffered a security breach in April 2013 (an employee lost a USB drive containing the personal information of individuals with accounts at various brokerage firms), a class action was filed against IIROC, claiming 1,000$ for each […] Read more

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Le consommateur numérique: une protection à la hauteur de la confiance?

AVIS – En raison de la possibilité d’une grève des employés de la BAnQ Vieux-Montréal qui vient d’être annoncée,  l’évènement sera déplacé à l’Université de Montréal, au Laboratoire de cyberjustice (local B-2215) de la Faculté de droit (3101, chemin de la Tour – Métro Côte-des-Neiges / Université de Montréal ou stationnement à l’Oratoire St-Joseph à 5,00 $ ou stationnement […] Read more

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Vie privée 20.15: Entrevue radio sur les enjeux en matière de vie privée en affaires

La prolifération des nouvelles technologies amène une panoplie de questionnements quant à la protection de la vie privée et des renseignements personnels. Chaque semaine à Vie privée 20.15 (dimanche matin à 11h), le journaliste Guillaume Touzel-Bond creuse, en compagnie d’experts de partout au pays, de nombreux enjeux concernant la vie privée de groupes ciblés: les […] Read more

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De-identification around the World – IAPP Privacy, Security, Risk 2015

I will be presenting on De-identification around the World, at the Privacy, Security, Risk 2015, presented by the IAPP Privacy Academy and CSA Congress, in Las Vegas, on October 1, 2015. My co-panelists are Phil Lee, Head of US Office, Fieldfisher and Andrew Reiskind, Deputy CPO, MasterCard. All around the world, personal information is defined in a wide […] Read more

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New publication on “Anonymization and Risk”

Two great U.S. privacy academics, Ira Rubinstein and Woodrow Hartzog, have released last week their article on anonymization and risk. They articulate the view that perfect anonymization of data sets has failed and that although the process of protecting individuals in shared information remains integral to privacy practice and policy, there is no clear direction for policy. Data protection […] Read more