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Proposed Electronic Commerce Protection Act raises concerns
- Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
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- Canada
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- July 10 2009
All businesses that use e-mail, automatic downloads and telemarketing to advertise and promote their products or services should be concerned about the potential impact of proposed federal legislation, Bill C-27, which would enact the Electronic Commerce Protection Act (ECPA) to, among other things, prohibit e-mail "spam" and amend existing legislation that relates to telemarketing and privacy
Privacy slow cooker were PIPEDA amendments worth the wait?
- Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
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- Canada
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- July 29 2010
As part of a recent flurry of Parliamentary activity, in May of this year, the federal government tabled Bill C-29 in the House of Commons to propose long-anticipated amendments to Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act ("PIPEDA"
Federal Court of Canada gives organizations a break
- Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
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- Canada
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- September 29 2010
Since the introduction in Canada of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act ("PIPEDA"), lawyers advising organizations involved in civil litigation sometimes have struggled with the "rules of the road" to apply in terms of requests for disclosure of records containing personal information
License plates numbers are not “personal information” under Alberta’s privacy laws
- Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
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- Canada, USA
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- November 29 2011
The Supreme Court of Canada recently denied leave to appeal a controversial decision from the Alberta Court of Appeal concerning the meaning of “personal information”
Privacy compliance just good business practice?
- Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
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- Canada
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- September 21 2011
By now, most organizations dealing with personal information in Canada are aware that Canada has a federal law that regulates the collection, use and disclosure of personal information
Canada’s anti-spam legislation regulations now open for comment
- Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
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- Canada
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- July 28 2011
Readers of the Cassels Brock Report will recall our previous report on Canada’s new anti-spam legislation, enacted in December of 2010 but not yet fully proclaimed in force
Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation potential delay?
- Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
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- Canada
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- April 26 2012
As readers of The Cassels Brock Report will recall, we have previously written on the progress of Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL
While CASL in limbo, CRTC gears up with guidelines
- Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
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- Canada
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- October 11 2012
As readers of The Cassels Brock Report will recall, we have previously written on the progress of Canada’s anti-spam legislation (“CASL”
“Intrusion upon seclusion” the tort whose time has come?
- Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
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- Canada
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- February 2 2012
It’s not every day that new common law is created, but on January 18 of this year the Ontario Court of Appeal gave Canadian privacy lawyers something to get excited about by creating a new tort called “intrusion upon seclusion” in the case of Jones v. Tsige
Data security the case against cloud computing
- Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
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- Canada
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- May 25 2011
From a legal perspective, the need for data security by cloud users is a given
