Maryna is an associate in the Privacy and Data Management Group and an IAPP Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/C). She helps clients navigate federal and provincial privacy laws, as well as the shifting online safety landscape in Canada.
Maryna’s practice spans product counseling, managing data subject requests and complaints, and guiding clients through regulatory matters.
She advises organizations on privacy compliance and risk management across the full data lifecycle, and on new and evolving requirements relating to biometric data, tracking and profiling, automated decision-making, and children’s privacy. Well-versed in the operational realities of online platforms, Maryna supports clients on matters including identity verification and authentication, age assurance, and fraud and abuse detection.
Maryna has significant experience guiding organizations through privacy investigations, regulatory filing requirements, and proactive advisory engagements with regulators. Additionally, she counsels clients on complying with obligations relating to data subject rights—such as access, data portability, deletion, and correction—and privacy complaints. Her practice also extends to advising on matters involving law enforcement, including mandatory reporting obligations and responses to requests for information.
Prior to joining Osler as an Associate, Maryna was a Legal Fellow at the Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy.
Areas of Expertise
Latest Insights
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Osler Update July 21, 2025
Insights into Canada’s development of children’s privacy framework
Privacy, regulatory, legislative and policy developments continue to evolve rapidly.
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Report December 5, 2024
Privacy and data-related law reform to continue in 2025
A growing array of privacy and data obligations are being introduced in sector-specific and other legislative proposals.
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Osler Update September 20, 2024
Completing the Law 25 puzzle: insight into the right to data portability
Starting September 22, 2024, the final Law 25 amendments to the Act Respecting the Protection of Personal Information in the Private Sector (the...
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Osler Update March 1, 2024
Canada’s new Online Harms Act (C-63): what you need to know
The Government of Canada introduced its long-anticipated online harms legislation, Bill C-63, on February 26. We look at the key duties the bill...
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Awards and Recognition
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Honourable Mention, Canadian Law and Society Association English Language Article Prize (2020)
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Bereskin & Parr Prize in Industrial and Intellectual Property (2018)
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Third Place, Best Policy Briefing – uOttawa Centre for Law, Technology and Society Copyright Policy Moot (2018)
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Research Group on Constitutional Studies Prize (2014)
Speaking and Writing
Speaking Engagements
Co-Presenter, “Online Privacy: Key Topics in Law and Practice,” Tech Law McGill (McGill University Faculty of Law), Montreal (2024).
Co-Moderator, “Unpacking Canada’s Approach to Online Harms,” Canadian Technology Law Association (CAN-TECH) Women in Tech, Virtual (2024).
Co-Moderator, “Women’s Healthtech: Legal Implications of a Changing World,” Canadian Technology Law Association (CAN-TECH) Law Fall Conference, Toronto (2022).
Co-Moderator, “Shooting the Messenger? Intermediary Liability and Harmful Online Speech,” Tech Law McGill (McGill University Faculty of Law), Montreal (2018).
Presenter, “Best We Forget: Expressive Freedom and the Right to be Forgotten,” 7th Advanced Computing Systems Association (USENIX) Workshop on Free and Open Communications on the Internet (FOCI ’17), Vancouver (2017).
Co-Presenter, “Constitutionalizing self-government for whom? Provincial interests and the negotiation of the James Bay Northern Quebec Agreement,” Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA) Annual Conference, University of Ottawa, Ottawa (2015).
Published Work
Co-Author, “Insights into Canada’s Development of Children’s Privacy Framework,” Canadian Privacy Law Review, Vol. 22, No. 11 (2025), 22 C.P.L.R. 121.
Co-Author, “Privacy and data-related law reform in Canada: Outlook for 2025,” Canadian Privacy Law Review, Vol. 22, No. 3 (2025), 22 C.P.L.R. 25.
Author, “Legislating Mis- and Disinformation in Canada,” World Intermediary Liability Map (WILMap), Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society (2021).
Author, “A Right to De-Indexing in Canada,” World Intermediary Liability Map (WILMap),
Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society (2021).
Co-Author, “Platform Responsibility and Regulation in Canada: Considerations on Transparency, Legislative Clarity, and Design,” Harvard Journal of Law & Technology Digest, Vol. 34 (2021).
Co-Author, “Waszul, Wiseau, and Moral Rights on the Internet,” The Record, Yale Journal of Law & Technology (2020).
Co-Author, “Transgressing the Division of Powers: The Case of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement,” Canadian Journal of Law and Society / Revue Canadienne Droit et Société, Vol. 34, Issue 3 (December 2019).
Author, “Best We Forget: Expressive Freedom and the Right to be Forgotten,” Proceedings of the 7th Advanced Computing Systems Association (USENIX) Workshop on Free and Open Communications on the Internet (FOCI ’17), Vancouver (2017).
Credentials
Education
- McGill University, B.C.L./LL.B. (2019)
- McGill University, Political Science (First Class Honours) (2014)
Languages
- English
- French
- Ukranian
Professional Affiliations
- Ontario Bar Association – Privacy and Access to Information Law Section
- International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
- Ukrainian Canadian Bar Association
