Un an après son dépôt à l’Assemblée nationale du Québec, le projet de loi n° 64, Loi modernisant des dispositions législatives en matière de protection des renseignements personnels (« projet de loi n° 64») n’est toujours pas adopté. Avec la fin de la période de travaux parlementaires le 11 juin 2021, l’équipe Respect de la vie privée et protection […] Read more
One year after its introduction at the Québec National Assembly, Bill 64, An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information (Bill 64) has still not been adopted. With the end of the parliamentary proceedings on June 11, 2021, BLG’s Privacy and Data Protection team provides an update on this important reform of Québec’s privacy […] Read more
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 short publication which provides some generally applicable practical suggestions, based on real-world experience, for responding […] 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. In essence, regulators […] 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
Je serai conférencière au TEDxUMontréal du 15 mai prochain. Véritable mouvement mondial, les conférences TEDx mettent de l’avant en 15 minutes les connaissances d’un expert sur un sujet d’actualité. Sujet de ma conférence : Comment protéger notre vie privée ? Inscription | https://tedxumontreal.eventbrite.ca Read more
On March 26, 2021, the Superior Court rendered a landmark judgment dealing with the loss of personal information, Lamoureux c. OCRCVM, 2021 QCCS 1093. Madam Justice Florence Lucas, J.C.S. dismisses the class action filed by the plaintiff, Danny Lamoureux in its entirety in the first judgment rendered at the merits stage for a matter involving a […] Read more
On March 29, 2021, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission announced a notice of violation imposing a $75,000 penalty on an individual for conducting high volume spam campaigns in violation of Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (commonly known as CASL). The $75,000 penalty is the largest penalty imposed to date on an individual spammer. Read our bulletin on this topic. Read more