On March 25, 2020, Ontario enacted significant amendments to the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA). The changes create a more robust enforcement mechanisms…
On January 28, 2020 – International Data Privacy Day – the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) released its proposals for ensuring…
In Canada, the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (S.C. 2000, c. 5, as amended) (“PIPEDA”) applies to the collection, use or…
Last September, we advised that Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (“Canada’s Department of Industry”) had released proposed security breach notification regulations under Canada’s…
Canada’s private sector privacy legislation, which was enacted in the year 2000 and was fully in force by 2004, is known as the Personal…
Earlier this month, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (“Canada’s Department of Industry”) released its proposed data breach notification regulations under Canada’s federal private…
On June 7, 2017, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (formerly known as Industry Canada) announced that on June 2, 2017, the Government of…
In today’s information economy, organizations are increasingly engaged in the collection and use of individuals’ personal information. This data is subject to a range…
On July 1, 2014, most of Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) came into force. On July 27, 2016, CASL’s primary regulator, the Canadian Radio-television and…