Allocating Risk and Preparing For a Data Breach January 21, 2019 Shan Alavi All organizations, large or small, are prone to privacy breaches, the cost of which can cripple an organization that is not prepared to handle such threats. No organization is immune, but every organization can mitigate the risks.
The New and Improved PIPEDA: What you need to know and what you need to do December 11, 2018 Stanislav Bodrov and Logan Wolfe, Strigberger Brown Armstrong LLP and Gearhead Software, With the advent of the GDPR and the amendments to PIPEDA, data breach response plans are no longer optional – they are mandatory - and a misstep could be costly.
Decision Narrows Definition of Facebook Privacy November 20, 2018 Mark Hayes and Adam Jacobs, The Ontario Superior Court recently differentiated between the reasonable expectation of privacy associated with Facebook Messenger and text messages. This article explores whether that distinction was justified.
Privacy Commissioner Says Public Profiles Are Private October 22, 2018 Imran Ahmad, Katherine Barbacki, and Alexia Magneron Report from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada sheds light on the limits that Canadian privacy regulators can impose on the use of publicly available personal information on social networking platforms.
Migilalo v Royal Bank of Canada: Evaluating the Avenues for Recovering Damages for a Breach of Privacy October 04, 2018 William Lim In Migilalo v Royal Bank of Canada, 2018 FC 525, Ms. Migilalo discovered that there had been an unauthorized access to her private financial information with her Royal Bank of Canada accounts. She opted to seek damages pursuant to the provisions of the Personal Information Protection and Information Act. Was it the appropriate choice given her circumstances?
Live-streaming Uber Dash Cam Part of Much Bigger Problem September 18, 2018 Mark Hayes and Adam Jacobs From Airbnb to Uber and Lyft, members of the sharing economy are finding that their privacy is not as well-protected as they might expect.
You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know: Creating Privacy Impact Assessments August 23, 2018 Shan Alavi, B.Com (Hons.) JD, Technology Lawyer, www.legalmindspc.com Large-scale data breaches at corporations such as Facebook and Ashley Madison have underscored the need for organizations to re-evaluate their approaches to data security. If legal professionals use Privacy Impact Assessments to uncover organizations' privacy blind spots, they can then work to address those systemic issues using multi-disciplinary approaches.
What's New in Pensions & Benefits April 10, 2018 Evan Shapiro and Michelle Rival The 2018 Ontario Budget, annuity purchase discharge regulations, draft regulations for the payment of variable benefits, and more...
Privacy Class Actions, By The Numbers March 16, 2018 Christopher Naudie & Evan Thomas, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP An updated trend analysis of privacy class actions in Canada, noting an increasing incidence of privacy breaches arising from hacking, misuse of information by employees, theft or loss of personal information, and other causes.
Open Contracting: Exploring Open Government in Contracting and Procurement March 16, 2018 Michael Rothe The Ontario Bar Association’s Public Sector Lawyers Section in collaboration with the Privacy and Right to Access to Information Section hosted a panel discussion this winter on open contracting, which is a part of the open government initiative to increase transparency and accountability in the area of government contracting and procurement.