Canadian Personal Information Security Breach Obligations - Preparing for Compliance
USA, Canada - April 19 2018 Commencing November 1, 2018, Canada’s federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”) will require an organization...
Katherine M. McNeill, Bradley J. Freedman.
ETHI Committee Prepares for GDPR Adequacy Assessment in New Report on PIPEDA
USA, Canada - March 13 2018 Preparations for the upcoming entry into force of the European General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") are underway in Canada's House of Commons...
OPC Report Asserts PIPEDA Protections are Similar to EU “Right to be Forgotten”
Canada, European Union - February 1 2018 On January 26, 2018, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada ("OPC") published its Draft Position on Online Reputation in conjunction with a...
Expectation of Privacy in Text Message Conversations More Stringent in Canada Than the U.S.
Canada - January 29 2018 Canada’s highest court, the Supreme Court of Canada (the "SCC"), recently decided in R. v. Marakah, 2017 SCC 59, ("Marakah") that Canadians have a...
Québec’s French Language Requirements Still in Force for Business Publications Including Websites
Canada - January 25 2018 The Québec Charter of the French Language (the "French Charter") received a constitutional win following the recent decision in 156158 Canada inc. v...
