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Colorado’s New Comprehensive Privacy Law
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On September 22, 2024, a new individual right to data portability came into force under Quebec’s privacy legislation applicable in the private sector (the Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private...more
The review of Alberta's Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) currently underway by the Alberta Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship (the Committee) continues, with the Privacy Commissioner of Canada recently...more
In a pair of decisions released on July 5, 2024, the B.C. Court of Appeal found that an alleged reckless failure to safeguard personal information may be sufficient to make out Privacy Act claims of "wilful violation" of...more
Le 15 mai 2024, le gouvernement du Québec a publié la version définitive du Règlement sur l’anonymisation des renseignements personnels (le « Règlement sur l’anonymisation »), qui établit les exigences auxquelles les...more
Le 1er février 2024, le Comité permanent de la sécurité publique et nationale (le « comité ») a commencé son examen du projet de loi C-26 : Loi concernant la cybersécurité, modifiant la Loi sur les télécommunications et...more
In a recent decision, Briskin v. Shopify, Inc., 2023 WL 8225346 (9th Cir. Nov. 28, 2023), the Ninth Circuit held that a Canadian-based company, Shopify, which provides a web-based payment processing platform to merchants...more
On February 1, 2024, the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (Committee) began its study of Bill C-26, An Act respecting cyber security, amending the Telecommunications Act and making consequential...more
L’année 2023 a été marquée par d’importants changements dans le droit canadien de la protection de la vie privée et des données. Comme nous l’avons fait les années précédentes, nous soulignons la Journée de la protection des...more
2023 was a year of significant change for Canadian privacy and data protection law. As in previous years, to mark Data Privacy Day, we’ve summarized the most important developments from the previous year and provide a look...more
On September 26, 2023, the House of Common's Standing Committee on Industry and Technology (the Standing Committee) embarked on a comprehensive examination of Bill C-27, the Digital Charter Implementation Act. If passed, this...more
Le 22 septembre 2023, des modifications apportées à des lois québécoises sur la protection des renseignements personnels dans les secteurs public et privé sont entrées en vigueur du fait de l’adoption de la Loi 25, Loi...more
On September 22, 2023, several amendments to Quebec’s public and private sector privacy laws came into force as a result of Law 25, An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information...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
Le 22 septembre 2023, la deuxième série de modifications apportée par la Loi modernisant des dispositions législatives en matière de protection des renseignements personnels du Québec (présentée sous la forme du projet de loi...more
On September 22, 2023, the second set of amendments from Quebec’s An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information (introduced as Bill 64 and sanctioned as Law 25), to Quebec’s Act...more
Jurisdictions across the globe are implementing their own unique take on data privacy legislation, and Canada’s Quebec province is no exception. Read on to learn all about what makes this law unique and how you can comply....more
Earlier this year, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) revised its guideline, Privacy in the Workplace, which addresses employee rights and workplace obligations with respect to employee personal...more
Bill C-27, the Digital Charter Implementation Act, proposes new legislation that will significantly impact the Canadian privacy law landscape. The omnibus bill – which is a second reiteration of the former Bill C-11 (which...more
On July 13, 2023, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) denied leave to appeal from three Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) decisions declining to apply the tort of intrusion upon seclusion to database defendants—i.e., organizations...more
The Federal Court of Canada released a decision on April 14, 2023 in OPC v Facebook Inc.,2023 FCC 533 [Facebook], dismissing the Privacy Commissioner's application against Facebook (now Meta Platforms, Inc.) stemming from...more
Theft of personal information does not by itself entitle the victim to damages in Canada; proof of loss or harm is required, the Alberta Court of Appeal held recently in Setoguchi v Uber BV. This, and other recent decisions,...more
The bulk of the “Law 25” amendments to Québec’s Act Respecting the Protection of Personal Information in the Private Sector (“PPIPS”) take effect on September 22, 2023. In a previous post, we discussed the internal policies...more
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
En 2022, le droit canadien de la protection de la vie privée et de la cybersécurité a continué d’évoluer considérablement. Comme dans les années passées, afin de souligner la Journée de la protection des données, nous...more
In 2022, the Canadian privacy and cybersecurity law landscape continued to see significant transformation. As with previous years, to mark Data Privacy Day, we have summarized the big stories from last year to help you stay...more