A recent paper entitled “Privacy, Trusts and Cross-Border Transfers of Personal Information: The Quebec Perspective in the Canadian Context” co-authored with my colleague Pierre-Christian Hoffman has been published in Dalhousie Law Journal, Vol. 37, No. 1, November 2014, and is also available on SSRN. In this paper, we argue that data protection laws (PIPEDA and substantially […] Read more
I will be participating at the CMA event “Digital Crossroads – Marketing, Privacy, Data and Consumer Trust” taking place in Toronto on November 25th. Digital Crossroads – Marketing, Privacy, Data and Consumer Trust is a must-attend event for professionals responsible for building consumer trust and keeping their organisations compliant with current and upcoming digital marketing […] Read more
In the recent land-mark decision Imperial Oil v. Jacques, 2014 SCC 66 that will surely provide fodder for those concerned with privacy rights in Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada (the “SCC”) has issued a decision which grants private litigants access to wiretap recordings obtained in the course of a criminal investigation conducted by the Competition Bureau. The SCC […] Read more
Canadian national wireless service provider Wind Mobile is another organization that has recently released a 2013 Transparency Report. Wind Mobile’s privacy policy page also includes the following statement: Transparency Report WIND complies with Canadian privacy law and take active steps to fully safeguard the information of our customers. At the same time we are compelled by […] Read more
A decision was recently issued by the Quebec Commission d’Accès à l’information (“CAI”) pursuant to the Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector following (“Quebec Private Sector Act”) following a complaint filed against Rogers Communications (“Telco”) pertaining to the collection of personal information. In X. c. Rogers Communications Inc., the complainant’s social insurance […] Read more
A decision was recently issued by the Quebec Commission d’Accès à l’information (“CAI”) pursuant to the Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector following (“Quebec Private Sector Act”) following a complaint filed against Rogers Communications (“Telco”) pertaining to the collection of personal information. In X. c. Rogers Communications Inc., the plaintiff’s social insurance […] Read more
I will be participating at the email marketing conference organized by Les Affaires entitled “Email marketing à l’ère de la loi C-28” together with my colleague Elisa Henry. This two day event is taking place at the Sheraton, Montreal, on November 11 and 12, 2014. Elisa Henry will provide a workshop on the new anti-spam […] Read more
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (“CBC”) fired Jian Ghomeshi after receiving certain information precluding CBC from continuing to employ him. Ghomeshi then turned to his personal Facebook page to issue a statement claiming he was fired due to fears of a scandal resulting from his sexual behaviour. He also claims that his private life is nobody’s business and […] Read more
Elizabeth Dwoskin from the WSJ recently published an interesting piece on dynamic pricing (or discriminatory pricing) entitled “Why You Can’t Trust You’re Getting the Best Deal Online“. The article refers to a new study of top e-commerce websites which concluded that these practices are more widespread than expected: the study tracked searches on 16 popular […] Read more
Paul Ohm, Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Colorado Law School, recently published an interesting article on “Sensitive Information”. He explains how every data protection law provides special protection for certain categories of “sensitive information,” such as health, sex, or financial information and how the concept of sensitive information is undertheorized. […] Read more