Update: Bill C-70, the Countering Foreign Interference Act, has been passed by Parliament and received Royal Assent on June 20, 2024. The only amendment made to the Foreign Influence Transparency and Accountability Act, as...more
As part of a new bill intended to combat foreign interference in Canadian affairs, the Canadian government has proposed that any person advocating for certain types of foreign actors with respect to activities intended to...more
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada and other international data protection authorities recently issued a joint statement urging websites and social media platforms to do more to protect personal information from unlawful data...more
9/8/2023
/ Canada ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Joint Statements ,
Online Platforms ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Comissioners ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Social Media ,
Web Scraping ,
Websites
In response to the Consultation on the Future of Competition Policy in Canada the Privacy Commissioner of Canada recommended two amendments be made to the Competition Act: (i) the Office of the Privacy Commissioner and the...more
General -
Privacy and data protection requirements in Canada may originate from a number of different sources, depending on factors such as the industrial sector in which an organization operates, the jurisdiction in...more
3/2/2023
/ Canada ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Information Governance ,
Information Technology ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
PIPEDA
Recent findings by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (“OPC”) found that Home Depot of Canada Inc. (“Home Depot”) did not obtain valid meaningful consent to share summary purchase information with Meta Platforms...more
2/10/2023
/ Canada ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data-Sharing ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Facebook ,
Home Depot ,
Information Technology ,
OPC ,
Personal Information ,
PIPEDA ,
Popular ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Privacy Policy ,
Retailers ,
Statutory Violations
Canadian fintech industries, particularly digital payments, digital trading, robo-advising and open banking, continued to experience significant growth until 2022. The pace of innovation had been accelerated by expansive...more
1/27/2023
/ Canada ,
Collective Investment Schemes ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Crowdfunding ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Investment Management ,
Peer-to-Peer ,
Robo-Advisors
The Ontario Court of Appeal recently ruled that an organization that fails to take adequate steps to safeguard personal information in its possession cannot be held liable under the tort of intrusion upon seclusion when that...more
12/7/2022
/ Appeals ,
Canada ,
Class Action ,
Data Breach ,
Intrusion Upon Seclusion ,
Liability ,
Negligence ,
Ontario ,
Personal Information ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Tort
The CRTC has overturned a 2018 staff finding that two online advertising intermediaries aided an unknown party with respect to the installation of malware on Canadian government computers, contrary to s. 9 of Canada’s...more