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- Advocates’ Society Tricks of the Trade – A Privacy Update
Here are the slides from my Advocates’ Society presentation today. I addressed the following two questions: Today, is a right-thinking judge (in a non-criminal case) likely to exclude evidence obtained in breach of privacy? The intrusion upon seclusion tort. What have we learned about elements and d … Read more »
- BC arbitrator admits surveillance that captures “sexual relations” in the office
Vernon Professional Firefighters’ Association I.A.F.F. LOCAL 1517 v Corporation of the City of Vernon is a well argued video surveillance case in which Arbitrator Dorsey held that a fire service properly employed video surveillance in response to a suspicion that documents had been taken from a fili … Read more »
- No civil claim for misappropriated contact information says Ont SCJ
On October 25th the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed certification motions in two actions that claimed damages for the misappropriation of contact information from a hospital information system. The information was taken and used to sell RESPs to the families of newborns. Most significant … Read more »
- FCA articulates standard for a counsel’s eyes only order
On October 22nd, the Federal Court of Appeal affirmed a counsel’s eyes only order, affirming that such orders are available in Federal Court (despite the impact on the solicitor-client relationship) when there is a “real and substantial risk that is grounded in the evidence.” It based its affirmatio … Read more »
- GSB finds PHIPA doesn’t govern occupational health information
Neither public nor private sector employees in Ontario have statutory privacy rights. This has been lamented by the IPC itself. Ontario unions, however, often rely on the Ontario privacy statutes – FIPPA and PHIPA – to forward privacy grievances. This reliance is unnecessary given arbitrators recogn … Read more »
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