I am delighted to participate as a panelist at the CMA privacy event, an annual privacy event for Canada’s marketing community taking place on November 1st. I will present on the impacts of Quebec’s new privacy law Bill-64 on organizations that handle the personal information of Quebec residents, and the provisions that have the most […] Read more
Face à l’augmentation constante des risques de fraude, de plus en plus d’organisations, notamment des banques et des entreprises de télécommunications, songent à se tourner vers l’empreinte vocale pour authentifier leurs clients. Cette dernière, qui fait partie de la catégorie des données biométriques, est un modèle numérique de la signature vocale d’une personne. On peut […] Read more
Faced with ever-increasing risks of fraud, a growing number of organisations, including banks and telecom companies, are considering implementing voice-printing technologies to authenticate their customers. A voiceprint is a digital model of an individual’s unique vocal characteristics and is considered biometric data. As such, it can be used as an “ audible fingerprint” to identify or […] Read more
Computer software is an essential tool for almost every organization. Organizations use computer software to create products, perform services, manage relationships, control internal operations, and process and store sensitive and regulated data. Organizations often procure software using a “software-as-a-service” or “SaaS” model, which involves the organization using its technology infrastructure to remotely access and use […] Read more
Les amendements à la Loi sur la protection des renseignements personnels dans le secteur privé qui entrent en vigueur le 22 septembre 2022 prévoient un nouveau rôle de « Responsable de la protection des renseignements personnels ». Ce responsable doit veiller au respect de la mise en œuvre de cette loi et des autres lois canadiennes sur […] Read more
Félicitations à la merveilleuse équipe de BLG en protection de la vie privée qui a été classée au premier rang au Canada par Chambers! Je me suis jointe à BLG il y a sept ans pour contribuer à la mise sur pied et à la croissance de la meilleure équipe en protection de la vie […] Read more
Congratulations to the wonderful BLG privacy team across Canada for being ranked # 1 in Canada by Chambers! I joined BLG 7 years ago to help building and growing the best and most client-centric privacy team in the country. We achieved such success thanks to hard work, team work as well as loyal clients. Looking […] Read more
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) has once again been recognized as a leading firm in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada. We are absolutely delighted that BLG’s Privacy and Data Protection Group has been named Privacy and Data Protection Law Firm of the Year by Best Lawyers for excellence in our specific practice area […] Read more
Le gouvernement du Québec a proposé le 29 juin 2022 le règlement tant attendu qui vise à clarifier les nouvelles exigences en matière de notification et de tenue de registre des incidents de confidentialité en vertu du projet de loi 64 (« Règlement sur les incidents de confidentialité »)1. Le Québec devient la troisième juridiction au Canada à se […] Read more
On June 29, 2022, the Québec provincial government proposed the long-awaited regulations clarifying the new notification and record-keeping requirements for confidentiality incidents under Bill 64 (Confidentiality Incidents Regulation). Québec becomes the third jurisdiction to introduce these obligations for organizations that sustain confidentiality incidents, after the Alberta Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) in 2010 and the federal Personal Information Protection and […] Read more