2020

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The evolving distinctions between Canadian and foreign privacy law

  • November 19, 2020
  • Chantal Bernier

Canada’s privacy regulatory framework is characterized by a principles-based, rather than rules-based, approach, putting on the shoulders of organizations accountability for its implementation; and by an ombudsman model providing recommendations rather than exercising enforcement powers. This distinctiveness is about to fade to give way to a new Canadian model. We explore here the general new convergences and divergences between Canadian and foreign privacy law.

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Recent trends in Canadian privacy litigation

  • November 19, 2020
  • Chloe Snider

This article addresses the trends that have emerged as privacy litigation has increased: (1) class actions; (2) the development of the common law privacy torts; and (3) privilege issues relating to expert reports prepared following data breaches.

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Important changes made to B.C.’s FIPPA to facilitate cloud computing

  • March 13, 2020
  • Keri L. Bennett

The British Columbia Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act provides that personal information in the custody or control of a public body must be stored and accessed in Canada and disclosed only as permitted by the express provisions of FIPPA.

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Has your privacy gone up in smoke?

  • March 13, 2019
  • Margery Pazdor and Katherine Rusk

The use and sale of recreational cannabis became legal in Canada on Oct. 17, 2018. Legalization brought with it a number of notable legal concerns, with privacy becoming a headline issue that lawyers, consumers, and businesses need to keep in mind.

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Should I share this? Presenting children on their parents’ social media

  • December 04, 2018
  • Jesse Blackman

Our social media footprint is often a highly curated collection of information, ideas, and images that we hold close to our identity. Whether we’re attending an event on Facebook, Instagramming a workout routine, taking a Snap at a family gathering, or making a professional post on LinkdIn, our posts reflect something akin to the best version of ourselves.

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OPC reorganization – what does it mean?

  • May 22, 2018
  • David Young

Note: A version of this article originally was published on April 24, 2018 as “Office of the Privacy Commissioner reorganization and what it means” in The Lawyer’s Daily, an online publication of LexisNexis Canada Inc.

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Can they film it? CCTV and privacy legislation

  • April 23, 2018
  • Dylan Williams

Following the stabbing death of a nightclub promoter on Jan. 27, Vancouver City Council has faced calls to make the Granville Entertainment District safer.

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