Disclosure without Consent - An Analysis of Royal Bank of Canada v Trang 19 mai 2015 Anupa Ann Varghese In RBC v Trang, the Ontario Court of Appeal, following its earlier decision in Citi, strengthened the privacy rights of debtors and held that creditors must obtain a court order to circumvent the requirement of consent under PIPEDA.
R. v Spencer: Informational Privacy and the Question of Anonymity 15 décembre 2014 Abi Lewis “The Internet raises a host of new and challenging questions about privacy. This appeal relates to one of them.”
Donald Sterling and Our Expectation of Privacy 15 décembre 2014 Avraham Sharabi Has modern technology effectively stripped away our expectation of privacy?
Certifying a Privacy Class Action - East to West Coast 15 décembre 2014 Fazila Nurani This article provides a snapshot of recent class action activity to help understand this key step in getting a class action off the ground.
Chair's Message 15 décembre 2014 Howard Simkevitz It’s a wonderful time to be a member of the OBA Privacy Law section.
BYOD Policies: Practical Considerations 29 juillet 2013 Christine Ing, Andrea York As the workplace practice of BYOD (bring your own device) is starting to hit the mainstream, organizations are being pressed to consider the legal risks of BYOD and how to address these risks through appropriate BYOD policies.
Privacy in the Cloud 15 mai 2013 Howard Simkevitz As of late, there has been a lot of hype about “The Cloud”. Many pundits tout the excellent business case for cloud computing. However, not all the hype has been good. Not everyone is painting a picture of white puffy clouds. Some say they look more like storm clouds.
Ontario Court of Appeal Rules No Password on your Phone, No Warrant Necessary 15 mai 2013 Fazila Nurani, B.A.Sc. (E.Eng.), LL.B., CIPP/C. The division of the Supreme Court in the Telus decision (see the article on this case written by Timothy Banks and published in this newsletter) reflects the challenges judges face in adapting the law to new technologies and the various uses to which they are put.
The Supreme Court of Canada, Privacy and Text Messaging 15 mai 2013 Timothy M. Banks The second sentence in Abella J’s reasons in R v TELUS Communications Co (“Telus”) is spot on...
New Privacy Guidelines for Mobile App Developers 14 décembre 2012 Catherine Lovrics This past October, the Federal, Alberta and British Columbia privacy commissioners released guidelines to help mobile app developers comply with Canada’s federal and provincial privacy laws.