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Fuite de données : La CACB clarifie la portée potentielle des recours à l’encontre des consignataires de données en matière de...

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 7/30/2024

Le 4 juillet 2024, la Cour d’appel de la Colombie-Britannique (la « CACB ») a rendu deux jugements d’appel en matière d’actions collectives dans des contextes de fuite de données. Ce faisant, la CACB a clarifié la portée...more

Cybersecurity Litigation: Five Trends Unpacked

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 10/26/2023

Rising data breaches put companies at the crossroads of tech innovation and legal risk. Dive into Canada's cybersecurity litigation landscape with these five top trends from our Canadian Cybersecurity Trends Study....more

SEC Adopts New Cybersecurity Disclosure Rules for U.S. Public Companies and Foreign Private Issuers

Stikeman Elliott LLP on 9/7/2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted new rules requiring the disclosure of cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance and material incidents (the “Rules”), effective September 5, 2023. The Rules...more

Home Depot Gets Nailed by Privacy Commissioner for Sharing Data with Meta

Stikeman Elliott LLP on 2/10/2023

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

Defending Against Ransomware: OSFI Updated Advisory on Cyber Incident Reporting

Bennett Jones LLP on 3/15/2022

Ransomware continues to present an increasing risk to all organizations. Ransomware attacks can involve the installation of malicious software designed to block access to computer systems and/or steal data, and a...more

Capital One Reaches $190 Million Settlement In Connection with 2019 Data Breach

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 2/22/2022

The saga of the Capital One data breach, which impacted an estimated 106 million individuals in the U.S. and Canada, may soon be coming to an end. After more than two years of litigation, the parties have reached a settlement...more

OSFI Cybersecurity Guidance and Notification Requirements

Bennett Jones LLP on 8/31/2021

OSFI, the Canadian Federal Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, on August 13, 2021, issued new guidance on Technology and Cyber Security Incident Reporting, replacing prior guidance of March 2019....more

Alberta Government Seeks Feedback on Privacy Legislation

Bennett Jones LLP on 7/27/2021

The Ministry of Service Alberta is seeking public input on the province's statutory privacy protections. This follows Ontario's recent gesture to modernize its privacy framework and request feedback, which we discussed in...more

Ontario Promises to Create Canada's First Provincial Data Authority

Bennett Jones LLP on 5/12/2021

On April 30, 2021, the Government of Ontario introduced Building a Digital Ontario, the province's new digital and data strategy, which lays the foundation for Ontario to become "the world's leading digital jurisdiction."...more

Evidence of Harm Required To Advance Class Action Following Data Breach

Bennett Jones LLP on 2/24/2021

The Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta, in Setoguchi v Uber B.V., 2021 ABQB 18, recently dismissed an application for certification of a proposed class action resulting from a data breach because there was no evidence of harm...more

Uber Denial of Class Action – Alberta Court Denies Certification of Privacy Class Action

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 2/19/2021

In an era where data has become increasingly valuable, the protection of confidential personal data and cybersecurity has risen to the forefront for many corporations. The pace of data growth has been exponential, with...more

La cybersécurité au cœur de la réforme du droit à la protection de la vie privée au Canada

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 11/3/2020

L’économie numérique a transformé nos modes de vie ainsi que la façon dont les organisations exercent leurs activités. Elle soulève également des enjeux inédits au chapitre de la protection de la vie privée; des enjeux qui...more

Cybersecurity Among Factors Driving Privacy Law Reform in Canada

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 11/2/2020

The digital economy has changed the way we live and the way organizations carry on business. It has also raised unique privacy challenges that were not imaginable when Canada’s private-sector privacy laws were originally...more

Cybersécurité et F&A : la vérification diligente en temps de pandémie

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 10/13/2020

Au cours des dernières années, nous avons constaté qu’un bon nombre d’opérations de fusion et acquisition (« F&A ») ont mis un accent de plus en plus important sur la vérification diligente en matière de cybersécurité. C’est...more

Cybersecurity Due Diligence in M&A Transactions During COVID-19

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 10/12/2020

In recent years, we have seen an increased focus on cybersecurity due diligence in many mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions. This directly relates to most organizations being heavily dependant on digital assets to...more

Data Breach and Vicarious Liability for Employee Misconduct

Bennett Jones LLP on 5/5/2020

It is not only hackers who pose a risk to an organization's information security; hostile insiders do as well. According to Verizon, an estimated 34 percent of data breaches involve internal actors. Hostile insiders may be...more

Litigation Risk on the Rise: 3 Trends in Cybersecurity Class Actions in Canada

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 10/30/2019

Cybersecurity litigation in Canada is on the rise. Given that the number of data breaches in Canada has been rising exponentially in recent years, the increase in cybersecurity litigation is unsurprising. However, the...more

Cyber Health Check: How Prepared Is Your Business?

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 10/10/2019

As cyberattacks become both more prevalent and complex, it’s often no longer a matter of “if”, but “when” a breach will occur. However, organizations can take steps to reduce the risk of a breach and to mitigate the impact of...more

Interactive Council Newsletter: Privacy Report: Airline Sues Software Provider Over Data Breach

ArentFox Schiff on 9/12/2019

Delta Sues Software Provider Over Data Breach - Delta Airlines sued its customer service chat provider, [24]7.ai Inc., in New York federal court accusing it of lax digital security practices that allowed a hacker to steal...more

Interactive Council Newsletter: Privacy Report: FTC Revisits COPPA

ArentFox Schiff on 8/13/2019

Equifax to Pay up to $700 Million as Part of Settlement for 2017 Data Breach - Equifax has agreed to pay at least $575 million, and potentially up to $700 million, as part of a global settlement with the FTC, the CFPB, and...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - April 2019

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 5/1/2019

In this month's Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine several recent U.K.-related cybersecurity developments and the SEC's risk alert reminding investment advisers and broker-dealers to follow through on implementing...more

Under Cyberattack: How Can Canadian Directors Mitigate Liability?

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 4/25/2019

Several former Yahoo! Inc. executives recently settled a derivative action for US$29-million, following data breaches from 2013 and 2014 that compromised approximately three billion accounts. These data breaches were the...more

2019 Legal Trends: Cybersecurity

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 3/26/2019

As part of our quarterly series on current trends across different industries, our first article for 2019 looks at the current landscape of cybersecurity and highlights key legal trends and developments. We also offer some...more

Canadian Confidential: Mandatory Data Breach Notifications under PIPEDA

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 11/27/2018

While businesses and consumers were all agog to see the latest variation of the California Consumer Privacy Act passed earlier this year, Canada quietly introduced its latest permutation to the Personal Information Protection...more

Jones Day Global Privacy & Data Security Update | Vol. 19

Jones Day on 10/24/2018

On the heels of the European Union's General Data Protection law, which went into effect in May 2018, California has enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA")—the result of an 11th-hour compromise between...more

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