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 more
Le 8 décembre 2020, le Ministre du Travail, de l’Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale du Québec, Jean Boulet, a déposé à l’Assemblée nationale le Projet de loi 78, Loi visant principalement à améliorer la transparence des entreprises (« Projet de loi 78 »). Ce Projet de loi propose de modifier le cadre législatif actuel régissant […] Read more
I am delighted to participate at the HEC Forecast 2021 event and present on the topic of managing privacy in an AI world (February 11). For more information about HEC Forecast, click here. To purchase tickets, click here. Read more
Jeudi prochain, j’aurai l’occasion de discuter avec Jean-François Renaud d’Adviso de 4 à 5pm du cadre légal entourant la collecte et l’utilisation des renseignements personnels. Nous discuterons de comment les entreprises peuvent s’adapter au projet de loi 64, en quoi ce projet de loi diffère du GDPR et de si le nouveau droit de renonciation […] Read more
Le 17 novembre 2020, le ministre de l’Innovation, des Sciences et de l’Industrie Navdeep Bains a présenté le projet de loi C-11, intitulé Loi édictant la Loi sur la protection de la vie privée des consommateurs et la Loi sur le Tribunal de la protection des renseignements personnels et des données et apportant des modifications corrélatives […] Read more
On November 17, 2020, the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Navdeep Bains, introduced Bill C-11, An Act to enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act and the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts, or Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2020. The proposal would modernize, and […] Read more
On Oct. 28, 2020, the federal privacy commissioner and its provincial counterparts in Alberta and British Columbia issued joint Report of Findings with respect to the information-handling practices of a property management company using anonymous video analytics (AVA) in order to generate demographic information about consumers in its shopping centres, in a purportedly anonymized and […] Read more
On June 30, 2020, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) released its Report of Findings on the information handling practices of the operator of RateMDs.com, a popular review website that allows users to rate health professionals for the benefit of other patients (RateMDs). The decision arose from a complaint filed by a dentist from British […] Read more
Earlier this summer, Quebec’s National Assembly introduced Bill 64, An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information, which proposes to overhaul Quebec’s privacy laws, including those applicable to private-sector organizations. Among the various changes being considered, the bill would significantly increase monetary penalties, introduce new enforcement mechanisms, impose new data […] Read more
Je suis ravie d’avoir aujourd’hui témoigné devant la Commission des institutions dans le cadre de leurs Consultations particulières et auditions publiques sur le projet de loi no 64, Loi modernisant des dispositions législatives en matière de protection des renseignements personnels. J’ai soumis, avec certains collègues, un court mémoire dans lequel nous présentons nos observations sur […] Read more