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Data breaches and law reform capture international attention in 2019

Organizations faced a continuing crescendo of complex privacy and data governance issues through 2019, making it another highly eventful year in...

FINTRAC updates guidance regarding identity verification methods permitted under amendments to anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing regulations

Updated FINTRAC guidance on identity verification indicates that reporting entities are expected to use software or other technological tools to...

Competition Tribunal confirms business justification is the paramount consideration in an abuse of dominance case

On October 17, 2019, the Competition Tribunal (Tribunal) rendered its decision in CT-2016-015 Commissioner of Competition v. Vancouver Airport...

Canadian Anonymization Network launched

CANON is an informal network, comprised of data custodians from across private, public and health sectors, whose primary purpose is to promote...

Revised Abuse of Dominance Guidelines bring welcome and noteworthy guidance on numerous issues

On March 7, 2019, the Competition Bureau, under the direction of newly appointed Commissioner Boswell, released updated Abuse of Dominance...

Privacy stakes higher than ever in 2018 for regulators, businesses and citizen

Major data breaches the world over have caught the attention of boards of directors. Boards are becoming increasingly seized with these issues and...

CASL’s computer program rules cover much more than spyware

The computer program provisions in Canada’s anti-spam law (known as “CASL”) came into force on January 15, 2015. Significantly, these rules go...

Top ten CASL compliance planning activities

Our experience working through compliance planning initiatives with many clients has given us valuable insights into what compliance planning...

Intrusion upon seclusion may exist in federal law

We have previously commented on the growing number of privacy class actions in Canada over the past five years and the coinciding recognition by...

Mandatory new Canadian data breach obligations expected to take effect in 2018

Strict new Canadian security breach notification requirements are expected to be finalized and come into force during 2018. The requirements will...