Privacy prevails: The Supreme Court of Canada’s landmark decision regarding IP address privacy
On March 1, 2024, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in R v Bykovets, finding that IP addresses attract a reasonable expectation of privacy. Accordingly, corporations should take note that they have no legal obligation to provide the […]
Current status of AI policy developments in Canada and abroad
Ever since generative artificial intelligence (“AI”) technologies have been adopted on a large scale by both businesses and private users in 2023, regulators appear to have increased the speed and intensity of their efforts to propose regulations targeted at the […]
Consentement valable et protection des données des applications tierces : La Cour fédérale rejette la plainte du commissaire à la protection de la vie privée contre Facebook
Le 13 avril 2023, la Cour fédérale a rendu sa décision dans la poursuite intentée par le Commissariat à la protection de la vie privée du Canada (le « CPVP ») contre Facebook Inc. (« Facebook »)[1]. La cause porte sur les obligations de Facebook en […]
Privacy by Design and its current role in promoting trust in technology
OneTrust DataGuidance
David Krebs and Amanda Cutinha author an article for DataGuidance on Privacy by Design: Digital technology has and is continuing to transform the ways in which we interact with ourselves, each other, and the world at large. However, the benefits […]
L’écoblanchiment au Canada : Application des lois et tendances pour 2023
Ces dernières années, la demande croissante en produits et services écoresponsables a mené à une intensification du phénomène d’« écoblanchiment », qui consiste à donner aux consommateurs de l’information fausse, trompeuse, incomplète ou non fondée sur le caractère écologique d’un produit ou […]
Failure to prevent a data breach not equal to invasion of privacy: Ontario Court of Appeal shuts the door on “intrusion upon seclusion” tort
The Ontario Court of Appeal has released a new trilogy of cases regarding the privacy tort “intrusion upon seclusion.” Specifically, whether the privacy tort is available as against commercial entities collecting and storing clients’ personal information, where there was a […]
Amanda Cutinha quoted in Canadian Lawyer article on federal privacy law deficiencies
Canadian Lawyer
This article discusses how current Canadian privacy law lacks a clear governance framework for the collection and use of some personal information. Mobility data that is de-identified – stripped of markers revealing the identity of its source – and which […]
Privacy Commissioners call on Health Industry to phase out use of traditional fax and unencrypted email in shift to digital healthcare
On September 21, 2022, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada released a Joint Resolution of the Federal, Provincial and Territorial Privacy Commissioners and Ombudspersons with Responsibility for Privacy Oversight entitled Securing Public Trust in Digital Healthcare (the “Joint […]
Liste de choses à faire lors d’une intervention en cas d’incident
Les incidents de cybersécurité et les violations de données surviennent sans crier gare. Peut-être que votre organisation a été victime d’une cyberattaque ou qu’un de vos fournisseurs vous a informé qu’il avait été la cible d’une attaque de ce genre. […]
